Trishalini ~ The Jewel of Mahabaleshgarh

86 ~ Maharani

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Trishalini POV

"Where is Maharaj?" I asked, gently patting the babies down. I was trying everything to stop them from crying.

"I do not know, Maharani," the attendee replied, and I inhaled a deep breath. Another attendee came running and bent down a little.

"Maharani, Commander Ashwin wants to meet you," she said, and I nodded to let him come in. Standing up from the bed, I took the crying Harsh in my arms and placed the dupatta over my head.

"Pranam, Maharani," Ashwin wished me, and I nodded.

"Ji, Pranam," I replied and tried to move a little to give the baby a sense of moving.

"Actually, due to the changes in taxes, the anger in the crowd is increasing, and people are being rebellious," he informed, and I nodded, looking away for a moment.

I felt my fingers trembling and asked.

"Any sign of Abhi?"

He lowered his gaze for a moment and shook his head.

"No, and even if I would ask him something like this. He would not have anything to say," he said, and I gulped, lowering my gaze. My heartbeats increased, and I walked back to the cradle and put the baby in it.

"Ashwin," I called out in a low voice, "By any chance, he is... hating himself?" I asked and turned back to look at him.

Ashwin stood silent and shook his head slowly.

"I cannot tell anything, Maharani. He only answers in yes, no, okay, and we have not really talked much since...." he stopped himself, and I nodded.

It had been three weeks since Baapusa's death, and my family had family apart.

"Okay, take the good soldiers with you and listen to the people's needs and what exactly they are angry about. Please be careful while treating them. No fights, no abuse, and absolutely no blades," I ordered, and he nodded.

"Ji, Maharani," he said, and suddenly, he stopped after taking a few steps away.

"Can I take Kumar Shantanu with me?" he asked, and I knit my brows with slight confusion.

"He is a guard. Can he manage the riots?" I asked, and he gulped, nodding slowly.

"He is trained," Ashwin said, and I nodded.

"Alright," I said, and he went out from there.

Clapping twice, I called an attendee and asked.

"Maasa and Daadisa, have they had their lunch yet?"

The attendee bent down her head a little and answered.

"Daadisa has eaten a little, but Ranima is not eating, Maharani. The attendees asked three times, and every time they asked, she said she was not feeling it,"

I nodded and looked back at Meenakshi.

"Can you carry Yash with you?" I asked, and she nodded, looking at the cooing babies.

I took Harsh in my arms, and I asked the attendee to bring some food for her as we both walked towards her chamber.

After Baapusa's death, she stayed in Daadisa's chamber and kept her condition in mind, but no one said anything.

Everyone was broken, and I did not know whom to hold first.

Since then, Abhi has behaved distantly. We have hardly talked about anything. I spend most of my time with babies. I could not leave them alone. And he did not visit my chamber even once.