Manik is frustrated, he searched for Nandini but he couldn't find her, she is busy some where else. He came to his room got freshen up neatly dressed. He thinks about whole day and felt more irritated, so many things happened, and everything is against him, he stood in balcony watched down, "Uday knows about Kumari Nandini and me, Rudra planned these many fighters,Giridhar plan is still pending, Harsha is waiting for results.my other three mothers are still in planning, among all these only two came out. Let me take initiative before they plan more let us make things more complicated. Let me play fair" Manik called his khas men.

"Pranam Prabhu!"all three said in one go
"Go to kumar Uday kidnap him and tie him to peepal tree tightly.don't give him anything he is sharp to escape bring his khanjar, check his pockets and boots too."
"Ji Prabhu!"
"Haaa before taking him away send Rajkumar Harsha a note about his kidnapping" Manik smirked.

Manik could go to dinner with family he smelled a very odd perfume, his eyes smirked, he left for dinner. At dinner whole family is present, he spent time with father after dinner, they went on walk
"Pithasri! I think to night we will have good amount of entertainment" Manik said laughing to himself
King frowned "means?"
"Pithasri! After midnight you may get up from so much drama happening, I found a odd perfume smell of ladies in my room, when I go and sleep drama begins"
"How dare someone do such useless legation on you?"
"To make me disqualified for Yuvaraj title"
King became furious "let me see the end now"
"No father let them play games I too will see how far they can go, and being Yuvaraj is not easy path, we need to drive always in rocky road"
"I am really guilty about you and your mother, I should have announced your pattabhisheik very long back. It's all my fault which is now became war between brothers"
"Even that would have done people would have tried to prove me wrong in each and every step, life is never going to be easy when we stand for praja life always takes our exam"
"When did you grow up this long Manik, if I had not married somany times for alliances today I would have made you king already"
"Why? Can't I enjoy my freedom and happiness? Pithasri title comes with responsibility I am very lazy person"
"That I know! But I want freedom to spend with your matha! We would never had any conflict nor you would had any problems"
"Who knows?" Manik shrugged
"So what are you planning to avoid this situation?" King asked
"Something so interesting pithasri" Manik smirked
"Go on, I will be always with you"
"I know pithasri. Take rest, you must be tired father"
"You too go take rest tomorrow you have more men to defeat"
" Ha! Woh tho hai" Manik smiled happily.
Both parted away.

Manik called one of his men, "get ready like me and sleep on my bed, don't talk or move until any commotion happens, I doubt a girl presence in my room so go and act"
"Prabhu why don't you take her away we will arrest her now"
"I want people who sent her, sword is nothing until it is been handled by a strong hand so better hold back and get her at proper time"
"Ji Prabhu"
Manik took his horse and came to forest where kumar Uday is been tied, when he reached there he found Uday almost ready to faint. Manik held him to left a little and pour some water on face then in his mouth he gulped greedily and started to cough
"Slowly brother slowly, just because of your greediness and eagerness you always land up in trouble just for your brother you want to give me tough time and always lands up like this, I think you love this position"
"Brother! Who is greedy here? Why don't you leave the title then?"
"Hahahahaha what is the use? Rajkumar Govardhan will snatch it by hook or crook. Rajkumar Harshawardhan can never become Yuvaraj why do you make yourself fool here? If you really want to become Yuvaraj then things would have been different"
"I am never interested nor will snatch from my brother"
"Am I not your brother? Why being cruel to me?"
"My mother want my elder brother Yuvaraj and to fulfil her wish I work"
"I work for my mother too, here comes actual question so you know kumari Nandini?"
"Yes and I know you are interested in her"
"Interested? I think it needed correction soon" Manik smirked.
"May be or May be you May loose everything?" Uday said thinking about Giridhar
"Rajkumar never looses anything you know that very well. Do you want to eat something?"
"Yes I am starving from ages"
"I am not going to feed you, get yourself out of this and eat, here it is and I think drama at mahal might be started I need to entertain myself"
"What drama?"
"Let me see and come back" Manik lefts shouting Uday and came back to Mahal.

Here in Mahal, when it's almost late night, a lady came out Manik room and started shouting help. All of sudden all soldiers servants dasis came running, one by one everyone gathered.

A beautiful lady with torn clothes sitting in between the gathering, crying trying to cover herself holding her knees. A head solider came and asked "what happened? Who did this?"
She is still crying, a lady came forward covered her fully with bed sheet and asked softly, the lady started crying again "Rajkumar Manik forced himself on me" she cried hard.

All the people around her stood still, they all shocked. Meanwhile Maharani came, followed by Minavathi. When they heard about Manik forcing a lady they both are shocked, "you bold and shameless lady how dare you accuse our Rajkumar?" Minavathi shouted on the lady, all other Ranis too came out seeing commotion happenin
"No Hukum! No he forced on me" cried the lady hard
All started whispering, king came, seeing and listening everything he frowned, what Manik already expected same happened, he bit his lip, watched Minavathi who is shouting and creating scenes
"That can never happen he is our son, and even if that happens is there any need to make this drama? You can be his dasi or concubine, why to make this drama?" Minavathi is exaggerating things more
"No no Manik can never do such, bring him now" sugandhi shouted in anger, solider walked in,

Minavathi is still shouting and make things complicated warning lady with punishments and names, meanwhile instead of Manik, his guptachar who dressed like Manik came out,
Minavathi is shocked and speechless "who are you? Where is Rajkumar Manik?"
"He informed to go out as he want to relax near river" king spoke, "he left long back and he didn't return till now" he completed
Minavathi face drained out, she is still in shock "how can this happen?" She said
"Means?" Sugandhi asked with frown
"So why are you in Rajkumar dress and on his bed?" King asked in anger
"Prabhu! Rajkumar smelled a lady perfume in his kaksh, woh sugandh made him alert and ordered me to take his place while he is out of mahal and find out who want to tarnish his name and fame. That is the reason Prabhu I am here" he explained
The lady and Minavathi both are ready to faint in shock, it's Minavathi who ordered that lady to add good sugandh to attract Manik which backfired her. She is speechless.

Meanwhile Manik came back, he walked to group, came to his mother "so drama over? I missed it, I should have come back soon" he said smiling,
Sugandhi got anger "Rajkumar you should have informed me about this I would have killed this lady before this drama"
"Mathasri! I don't want you worry more. So who is she?" Manik asked
The lady came to queen and started begging "Maharanisa! Spare my life please, I am just pawn not the player I beg you please I have a son crying back at village kshama Maharanisa kshama" she cried
Queen stood a step away, "take her away, send her to her village safe with some gold coins and rice, give her some required items for her children too, look lady whoever you are I won't ask you who sent you, just tell me why didn't you come to me?" Queen asked in burning anger
"They warned to kill my family along with three months sons Maharanisa" she cried
"Go away no one will harm you now, Maharaj I request you to go down deep and find what made them to stoop so low" she said gulping anger and hurt.
"Prahaar!" King shouted. When Minavathi and all other are going in king shouted "you all will stay here"
Except family everyone left. King called them to sabha unlike other time to his room.
He sat on his throne, all stood still in their place, "Rajkumar Manik you have fight tomorrow and you already had one you must be tired you can rest"
"I am fine Maharaj" he spoke politely
King didn't persist more, he turned to ladies "Minavathi! How come you know about that drama in prior?"
Minavathi face drained she composed herself "I was just passing by I heard it"
"This late hours you are passing by Rajkumar wing why? What work you had?"
"I couldn't sleep I was just scrolling"
"Rani Minavathi you have your own garden to scroll, your wing is far away from his, if I amCorrect  you will be the last one to hear or know anything from Rajkumar Manik wing, you came this far to know about your plan execution, you were curious to know what is happening as you planned everything" king roared
"No no no Maharaj no I am innocent"
"It didn't look so" king is furious
Minavathi face is in horror whole body is shivering "no I don't know anything, I am innocent"
"Rani Minavathi why?" Queen roared in hurt and anger
"No didisa I didn't" she became defensive
"Queen I am leaving this matter to you, once when Rajkumar Giridhar injured our son Manik I didn't let you punish him, gave you immense pain of loosing him, now she tried to loose his character which is not less than that, so now I am giving you power to punish her as mother, as queen you even have right to question and punish I won't involve" king said with heavy heart

Minavathi in hurry spoke"No king this is not acceptable she will misuse her title and why can't be left away as Rajkumar Giridhar did? I need a chance to" she spoke with attitude
"So you accept that it was you who planned everything Masa" Manik spoke with deep voice
"No no I am just...,,"
"Shut up Rani Minavathi" king roared
"Why mother is dragged in all this" Rajkumar Harsha roared
"Soldiers bend him now" king ordered, soldiers came and made Rajukumar Harsh bend on knees
"I will be punished till mornings for talking rude with king" king ordered.
"Prabhu! Leave him please he got  emotional"Minavathi begged 
"This is all because of you, if you didn't do any conspiracy he would have been sleeping happily don't you realise that in first place and is Rajkumar Manik not your son? Why did you do that? Just for title? Is this you are teaching children? Is this the way you all behave and make things complicated? Queen have your seat and give them punishment" king said in deep pained voice

Queen came to the throne,  she looked at everyone, they all are having same expression jealousy, anger and lust for throne. She then looked at Manik, He is hoping justice.
"No one in mahal will cross their boundaries and enter some others property without permission, about this incident, Rani Minavathi will be in house for two months, she can't go out, meet anyone outside nor make anyone visit her except her husband and children, if again I find such behaviour I will leave king to punish her"
"This is not enough punishment queen" king roared in anger
"You will stop eating any food for one week, you will be away from your sons for two months" king orders.
Manik didn't give any deeds to punishments. He just stood up, as everyone after punishments declared.

King is very much disappointed and displeased with his wives behaviours.