THE REVENGE OF A QUEEN

Chapter 17

Shivanan is praying at the temple of his Kingdom his mother came to him he saw his daughter was performing a ritual praying he joined with his daughter to worship Lord Shiva, finished praying Shivananya turned around he saw his mother praying the girl also put the worship plate "Mother "Abarawati smiled looking at her daughter " Finished doing the ritual praying we should to Aradhya "

his Shivan's forehead was twitching confused

" huh? we just got back from there yesterday, didn't you, ma'am, then why are we going there again? is there a problem? " Abarawati nodded softly "Yes there is a problem, that was the problem yesterday Manu just had a problem "Shivanya glared in disbelief

" What? brother-in-law Manu is having problems? "

then Ambarawati recounted the incident that happened to Manu, Shivanannya was silent for some reason she felt sad to hear the news that her mother had just delivered

" Come ma'am we have to go, tell the Prime Minister to take care of Kavila as long as I'm gone we'll be there until Manu's brother-in-law is fully recovered. We also have to investigate who the villain who dares to be cruel to brother-in-law let's go ma'am"

Shivanan and Ambarawati left their Palace temple rushing towards the Aradhya Kingdom.

Vikram accompanies his frail wife Manu to a bed while reading a book, but Vikram tells him that he should not read a book in such a condition, but Manu insists he wants to reading the reason is because he was tired of sleeping on his bed he also said he wanted to expel his boredom by reading a book, Nandini and Madhuri went into Manu's room "Good morning dear " he kissed his daughter-in-law's forehead Manu smiled to see her mother-in-law coming

" Good morning also mother "Nandini then sat next to Manu she told Madhuri to get food located at the table

" Let's eat first the bribe mother yes "Nandini began to feed her daughter-in-law Madhuri smilingly saw her mother taking care of Manu who acted like a child her eyes then saw the book on Manu's lap

" What book is that, brother? can I borrow it? " Manu nodded he then gave the book to Madhuri "Thank you brother I will read it here "that girl was sitting in the chair started reading the book.

Vikram pursed his lips to the manyun Nandini saw his son's behavior

" What's wrong Vikram? why are you a manyun like that? do you want to feed your wife? " Vikram shook his head loudly "No mother, because you only pay attention to your daughter-in-law when your son is also here the mother is not fair "Nandini laughed to hear it

" Who's mother's son also still likes to be jealous huh? baby you've grown embarrassed to see your wife, let's change your attitude not like a child, see your wife starts laughing at your childlike behavior. Vikram my son is not like that anymore "Vikram is silent while Manu is still laughing to see her husband is jealous like a child

" Yes already because Manu has finished eating mother stay first, let's Madhuri we go out "

Madhuri nodded her head then put the book "Eh do not need to be returned first you can borrow it, take it with you first and then later returned " said Manu smiled thinly "Is it true? thank you so much brother-in-law I promise I will read it until it looks like this story is exciting I became curious about the continuation, again thank you so much brother-in-law you are indeed my best brother-in-law " Manu just laughed and then Nandini and Madhuri came out of their room, Manu saw her husband just silent he felt guilty for laughing at her "Are you angry? " Vikram turned to Manu holding both ends of his ears "I'm sorry "Vikram snorted in annoyance

" I'm really sorry for laughing at you, don't get mad at my husband, and then your good looks can go away if you keep getting angry, will you forgive me?"

Manu tried to put on the look of pity Vikram finally relented because he did not like to see his wife behave like that

" Alright I'll forgive you but there's one condition "Manu looks at him confused "What? "

" You don't tell me to sleep in another room again, I don't want to part with you sleeping in another room as if I've been apart for a long time with you you know it's like we're not married yet, don't be angry again don't give me that punishment again after this I promise not to safely approach or love another woman other than yourself "

the smile on Manu's face expands she hugs her husband tightly Vikram happily reciprocates his wife's embrace.

Shivanan and her mother arrive at the Aradhya Kingdom, they get off the Madhuri train and the others welcome their arrival

" Sister "Madhuri hugs Shivananya Ambarawati greeting Nandini "Welcome to Ambarawati "

then they entered the palace.

Madhuri recounted the incident last night that befell Manu, Shivanan was quite surprised to hear it then they arrived at Manu's room politely Shivanan knocked on the door of the room "Ah Shivanan please enter "

said Vikram smiling Shivanan in he saw Manu had improved his face that was pale yesterday is now shining again

" Sister-in-law's greeting, brother's greeting "Shivanan salute his two brothers

" Greetings come back for you Shivanan" said Vikram, Shivanan sitting next to Manu

" How are you, brother-in-law? have you been cured? " Manu smilingly nodded "Yes I've recovered I'm fine " they talk lightly sometimes they laugh when they hear a joke thrown by Vikram suddenly Sanjaya comes with a serious look Shivanan face standing "What's up big brother? is everything okay? " Sanjaya shook her head "No "the four people looked at each other confused "Sister mean? has something happened? " ask Vikram. Sanjaya looked at her four sisters

" I've decided to look for the perpetrator who tried to kill Manu "unable everyone was surprised to hear that Shivanan looked at her brother questioningly

" You mean brother? brother is investigating this matter? but how are you gonna do it? " it seems Sanjaya thought for a while "It's easy if we find evidence of the poison then we more easily catch the culprit "Madhuri nudged Shivannya's hand and whispered

" Not to be found the culprit is him "

Shivanannya nodded she then turned her brain to find a way to catch the culprit " Uhm brother I have an idea "

Sanjaya is curious about the idea of her sister

" First we have to find a cure that we will form a team, the first team is Kak Sanjaya, me and - "Shivan's speech was cut off because Jhanvi and Gauri came

" Ah yes Jhanvi brother then the second team is Vikram, Madhuri and also Gauri, how do you agree with my idea? " Sanjaya thought about his sister's idea while Jhanvi nudged Gauri's arm

" What's up with Shivan? he suddenly talked about the team? will there be a match? " Gauri whispered

" I don't know, brother, but for sure, this is very suspicious, we have to be careful because the girl is very cunning and also smart, we have to be vigilant, which is more clear, we just follow and find out what it means of all this "Jhanvi nodded in agreement.

" Yes your idea is very good I agree let's go now Jhanvi let's go " Jhanvi nodded following her husband as well as Shivanan but before that she told her mother and aunt who had just come "Mommy, aunt can you take care of brother-in-law Manu? we have to go for a while to investigate this matter, Sanjaya said the matter must be resolved immediately so that there are no more victims, so I ask you to please take care of brother-in-law for a while until we manage to solve this problem "the two women nodded "Go baby, solve this problem so that no one else so our victim will keep Manu away "Gauri who just came out of Manu's room was shocked to hear

' Investigate Manu's problem? jesus my guess is right it turned out to be very suspicious so Shivan made a team so that we all managed to find the poison and catch the culprit? no, no this should not happen if brother-in-law Jhanvi is caught then all our efforts that we have been working on will be in vain. God, what should I do? ' Vikram sees Gauri not beside Madhuri he turns to see Gauri speechless in front of Manu's room "Gauri let's hurry" Gauri realized from her daydream she was excited to hear her brother's scream so she went along following Vikram and Madhuri. Team 1 kept trying to find the poison bottle they looked for it in the kitchen and the Palace grounds " Ah well, my brother and Jhanvi are looking for him in the kitchen because that man must have committed his crimes in the kitchen, right? you look for him in the Palace courtyard alone "Sanjaya nodded "Well if you find him meet me in the Palace courtyard "

he left his two younger brothers

Jhanvi felt fear she was afraid if her actions were known by her own husband 'Oh how is this? I got framed by this fucking girl how do I get out there and get away from her? ' Jhanvi said in her heart cold sweat began to wet her face she was agitated several times she tried to calm down Shivanan saw her brother-in-law was silent in front of the kitchen room she pulled him

" Sister don't just shut up let's find the poison, oh yes so that brother does not stay behind I tie my sling in brother's hand huh. Her work brother daydreams so let brother not be lost I tie my collar here so I can take brother and sister not lost from me anymore "

Madhuri, Vikram, Gauri are also busy looking for Gauri's mind is not there his mind drifted thinking of a way to get away from them 'I have to how? I don't want to get caught if I get arrested then my hopes of marrying Vikram are ruined, I have to find a way to get away from them ' slowly Gauri intended to leave his two brothers he walked slowly so as not to cause an accidental sound he stepped on something so that his anklet rang, Madhuri turned her head she saw Gauri who wanted to run away

" Where are you going? let's help us not try to run Gauri, the sooner we find her the sooner the perpetrator gets arrested you don't want this problem solved? "

Gauri shook her head slowly "Of course yes let's look again "Madhuri is looking at her cynically

' I'll make sure you can't escape today all your crimes will be exposed, your foul intentions will soon be known and dream of marrying Vikram's brother because that will never happen you and Jhanvi will soon be in jail as soon as possible, I know from earlier that your attitude was showing that you're freaked out let's see what's gonna happen '. Jhanvi felt tired because Shivanan kept dragging her she was complaining tired but not listened to by Shivanan the woman was upset to want it to feel like she tore the beautiful face

Shivananya searched for the poison bottle in the garden behind the Palace because according to the confession Manu Palace maids ate the sweets in the back garden alone, Shivanan hoped the culprit dropped the poison bottle suddenly his eyes saw a small object lying on the grass Shivananya took the bottle he was surprised when he saw the contents of the bottle " I-i-this is poison, right? " Jhanvi turned her head she was surprised when she saw the bottle in Shivan's hand she was silent for quite a while 'How come the bottle is here? didn't I keep it in my collar? then how could it fall here?' Jhanvi tries to remember what happened, yesterday she gave the sweet to Manu when she wanted to walk into the Palace she did not realize that the poison bottle had fallen on the grass of the garden, he said, Jhanvi covered her mouth with perfectly round eyes her sweat was getting more and more flowing .

" Sister-in-law look at me I managed to find the poison" Shivanya said glad she glanced at Jhanvi's slightly frightened expression ' Huh I've guessed he did what if I asked him a little about this poison he would definitely answer it, well this would be an exciting scene ' Shivanan started asking the question " What kind of poison is this? isn't this the poison that caused Manu's brother-in-law to fall unconscious? oh yeah you know all kinds of poisons because you studied in a dorm, right? so you must know come on tell me about this poison "Jhanvi tried to ignore that annoying question she shook her head slowly "No, no, a-a-a-a-I didn't know that so we should go back anyway the poison has already met, right? let's take it to His Majesty "Shivananya grinned at hearing Jhanvi's voice suddenly nervous she was also very agitated " Hmm fine if big brother does not want to tell me then I will call the healer to check this poison "Jhanvi flinched in shock but she tried to calm down

" Well it's up to you, can you untie this? I'm tired I want to break "Shivananya look at the shawl ties in their hands " Oops I'm sorry sis but I can't open it because now we have to go to the Palace hall there brother Sanjaya must be waiting for us, let's go" Jhanvi pursed her lips irritated she snorted looking angrily at Shivanan but the girl remained calm without any guilt.

Sanjaya was already in the Palace hall as well as Madhuri, too, Gauri and Vikram they wait for the arrival of Jhanvi and Shivannya since they have been looking for the bottle of poison but still did not find anything soon after the two women came Jhanvi trying to equalize Shivanya's rapid pace he felt really upset that he wanted to finish off the girl right now, Sanjaya saw his sister and wife coming

" Where have you guys been? have you found the poison bottle? we've been looking for it but still haven't met it" Sanjaya said disappointed Shivanan pulled the bottle out from behind her shawl "Tadaaa I've found it " Jhanvi glared at Shivanan quickly the girl corrected her saying "I mean it was me and Jhanvi's sister who found the bottle "

Sanjaya took the bottle he smiled with satisfaction seeing it "All right let's start his trial this is very important evidence with this evidence we can catch the culprit, Vikram calls all the servants and guards here I have to ask them for an explanation oh yeah don't forget to call mom also let aunt Ambarawati who is guarding Manu "Vikram nodded then went to call everyone.

" And you guys, you can't go sit there and you have to attend the Palace. Jhanvi sat with me "Jhanvi nodded slowly she walked to the throne with her husband they stood waiting for everyone to gather Vikram and then appeared with her mother, the servants as well as the guards after everyone gathered Sanjaya invited everyone to sit down "Alright let's start this Palace trial, please, I held a hearing of this Palace to arrest the perpetrator who had dared to try to kill Manu, his wife, my sister and my sister-in-law. So I'll give Manu justice if I find the culprit then I won't let him live even if only for a little while I will definitely end his life by hanging him " sontak Jhanvi turned her head she was surprised to hear the punishment uttered by her own husband so she just kept quiet without talking

" So I'm calling you all here to ask for an explanation of who knows who among you knows and who recognizes the criminal, so let's start the trial " everyone nodded the trial went smoothly all the maids claimed no one dared to put poison into Manu's food as well as the guards they did not see any suspicious person enter the Palace and not seeing outsiders or foreigners enter the Palace. Sanjaya thought from all the answers given by the servants and guards all told her honestly she knew if they could not betray her or the Royal family, Gauri fell silent he continued to pray that this Palace trial would end soon because his eyes could not be separated to look at Jhanvi who just sat quietly with a pale face

' Oh God please help us make this trial over soon I can't stand sitting here anymore, what if one of us gets caught? or are we both found to have committed cruel acts to Manu? how'this? I can't think at all about making excuses to escape from this trial Jhanvi's brother is also fromitadi he just kept quiet I'm sure he definitely can't think as clearly as I am. He was already cornered how could he possibly think? I have to do what? help us Gods at this time Brother Jhanvi can not save the lives of both of us if we are found out then it's over, brother Jhanvi, ah already accepted the punishment maybe it's time for us both to die at the hands of Sanjaya's brother '

Shivanannya glanced at Gauri who kept biting her nails worried she smiled slanted to see him the girl also elbowed Madhuri's arm "Call pay attention to the look on Gauri's face "

whispered Shivanan the girl saw the pale face of Gauri "Yes brother you're right Gauri's face turned pale hihihi this will be even more exciting, let's see what he can do in a situation like this if he can still use his smart brain? " Shivananya laughed softly they both went back to silence.

Sanjaya then decided to end the Palace trial it made Jhanvi and Gauri smile broadly they finally survived death but suddenly Shivanan stood up

" Wait a minute brother "everyone turned to him including Jhanvi and Gauri

' What the hell is he doing? ' they grumbled inwardly, Shivanan walked down the stairs "I'm sorry brother but do you want to end this Palace trial? have you forgotten your promise to brother-in-law Manu to catch the culprit who tried to kill him? " Sanjaya nodded

" Yes I will end this trial after all no stranger has entered the Palace, if there was indeed a suspicious person entering this Palace the guards would have reported it to me for the promise I'm sorry, I can't keep it assuming it's an accident "Shivan frowned " The accident? you call this matter just an accident? this problem almost took Manu's life we almost lost him, I do not accept if this problem is called an accident and this is not a trivial problem this is a matter of life brother " Sanjaya fell silent she looked at her cousin's sister "Then what should I do? should I re-investigate this matter again? " Shivanan nodded

" Yes you should go back to investigating this matter strong evidence has been found, right? now we just have to find the person, if indeed the perpetrator is not an outsider or stranger who entered this Palace must be the culprit is an insider which means the closest person or family " everyone was shocked to hear that Sanjaya did not believe what her sister was saying

" family? where they may want to commit such heinous acts to other families, you should not just accuse Shivanan of me - "Shivanan's hand stopped Sanjaya from speaking out " Already I thought you wouldn't believe brother but let's prove who did it ", Jhanvi hurriedly stood up she looked at Shivanan angrily

" What do you mean? you want to test us all? it's been Your Majesty don't listen to him just consider this matter an accident and that" again Jhanvi's remark was cut off by Shivananya "Yes I want to test you all for that I came here for, I came here to help you guys solve this problem because I had a way to catch that criminal from the start I was already suspecting someone but I didn't know how to catch him, I didn't know how to catch him, therefore I will give you the solution to catch the culprit "Jhanvi and Gauri staring hard at Shivanan but the girl does not care about the deadly gaze.

" Tell me how? "

sanjaya asked, Shivanan smiled faintly

" There is one solution that the waiter must serve the ladoo sweets again, was not that time brother-in-law was eating ladoo sweets right? so I want you all to taste it so we know who did it "

Jhanvi immediately rejected him "Are you crazy? you want us all to die from poison? your crazy idea is so outrageous "Shivananya smiled gently

" Don't worry brother-in-law, I won't tell everyone to taste it "

jhanvi's forehead frowned in confusion

" then? " Sivanya again smiled faintly

" Let's see, how does my brother agree with my idea? " Sanjaya thought for a moment she then nodded in agreement "Yes I agree "

jhanvi's anger is unstoppable anymore she wants to leave the trial but can't she just quietly try to hold back her anger ,Shivanan went to the kitchen to order the waiter to cook the ladoo sweets then the waiters came carrying three large dishes filled with ladoo sweets " Now notice that there are three dishes containing ladoo sweets one of them has been sprinkled with the poison, and now choose which plate does not contain your poison then taste the sweet good luck "

Shivanan was standing next to the table that contained the three plates. Sanjaya orders everyone to taste the sweets after everyone has tasted the sweets it is now Jhanvi and Gauri's turn to taste them

" Should we eat it? " ask Jhanvi slowly Shivanan nodded "Yes you should eat it " doubtfully Jhanvi takes the laddoo she hesitates to put it in her mouth as well as Gauri they look at each other with her eyes closed and resignedly Gauri and Jhanvi put the sweets into their mouths will but Jhanvi directly threw it on the floor

" I couldn't eat it "everyone was surprised to hear Jhanvi yelling Gauri who was next to her was throwing away the sweets "I didn't eat them either " everyone was confused to see Jhanvi and Gauri.

" Why don't you eat it? it's a delicious sweet "Shivanan took the sweet and gave it to Gauri and Jhanvi but Jhanvi's hand brushed it off with a rough "No, I said I don't want to eat it "Shivanan smiles thinly

" Why don't you want to eat it? are you afraid of death? let's see I've eaten it hmm it's delicious, I take it again yes "just now Shivanan wants to take the sweets again Jhanvi's voice makes everyone speechless " Yeah because I put that poison into that candy to make Manu die " since Jhanvi can't stand talking honestly to everyone anymore she also feels that she has been cornered there is no place to avoid, Sanjaya is stunned to hear "What are you saying? " Jhanvi starts crying she tells everyone she million confesses that she and Gauri who had planned all this even silent Gauri felt disappointed because her brother-in-law instead made her come along dragged to the "To-why did you two commit such a heinous act? why would you do that Jhanvi? let's answer me "

Sanjaya began to vent his anger forcing his wife to stand up "See me Jhanvi, look me in the eye this "fearfully Jhanvi looked into the eyes of her husband who was already overwhelmed by anger "I beg you to forgive me my husband, my husband, I've done the cruel act of "Sanjaya staring at his wife's face that was already filled with tears with anger Sanjaya pushed his wife Gauri to hug her sister-in-law " Brother please forgive us both please do not punish us brother, forgive us our brother has been guilty and we have also admitted our guilt, please do not punish us brother I beg you " Sanjaya looked at the two women coldly "I will still punish you both for committing such cruel acts, I promise I will not let you live forever " Sanjaya summons Gauri's guards and Jhanvi continues to plead not to be put to death

" Take them away from here I don't want to see their faces, put them in the dungeon right now " the guards nodded their heads and began to invite Jhanvi and Gauri into the dungeon "No, no, don't take us there my husband I beg of you to give me one chance to make amends I don't want to be there "Sanjaya pulled his wife's hair "You better be quiet than have to babble, your mouth will have no effect on me You have disappointed your husband and you have also put my family on the brink of collapse so it is better to shut your mouth and go " Sanjaya turned around he did not want to see his wife even the cry of his wife was ignored.

" Today's hearing is over you can go "Sanjaya out of the Palace hall first she wants to calm herself down, Vikram comes to Shivanan

" It's amazing that you've proven them guilty but I'm still wondering if you're serious about putting poison in all those sweets? " Shivananya laughed loudly "Hahahahaha of course not big brother if I put all the poison in the sweets surely everyone has died here after eating it, the poison did not take long to take people's lives after the person ate it for a while they would instantly die, I lied so that Jhanvi and Gauri would admit their mistake so I had to use that way, how was I smart? " Vikram smiled thinly "Yes you are smart once again thank you for helping us solve this problem "Shivanan nodded "Yes brother is equally good to have a smart sister " irritated Vikram pinched his sister's cheek as Shivanannya was annoyed at her brother's attitude, he pursued Vikram assisted by Madhuri "Let's go after him " said Madhuri laughing widely the two girls are still chasing Vikram who has been nosy to his sister...

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