All the pre wedding rituals for Moti's marriage ended pleasantly. Aanyati was not allowed to do even a single work by others. She just sat and saw all the rituals. She herself was feeling so weak that she considered it good to not do any work. Tomorrow morning is the weeding.

Yudhisthir enters his chamber and find his wife sitting near the balcony.

" Priye! What are you doing there? You must sleep it's late. " Yudhisthir says and brings her in.

" Dharmraj! Is lying a sin or hiding the truth" Aanyati asks out of sudden.

" Hiding the truth is no less than a lie priye and there is no sin bigger than a lie. If everyone starts saying the truth then half of the problems of this world will end " Yudhisthir replied sleeping on the bed beside Aanyati. She clings to him like a child and sleep on his chest.

Yudhisthir smiles finding his beloved so close to him. It was at mid night that he realized how strong his wife can be when she almost chokes him in her sleep. Only he knows how he survived that night.

" Dasi leave. I myself will make her ready " Aanyati enters Moti's chamber and starts combing her hairs.

" You think you have grown enough to bear all the pain alone and don't even talk to me " Aanyati scolds while tying her hairs.

" You are ill Aanyati. Go and rest. Anyone can do this " Moti says when a tear escapes from her eyes. Only she knows how much she have cried in these days. Leaving Aanyati was something she could never even think of . But her one decision has changed everything.

" Let me do this one last time Moti. After all you have decided to leave me " she protests as Moti finally agrees. Aanyati readied her by herself. Moti looked no less than any princess but the only thing which was missing was her smile .

"Pranipat maharani , pandit ji is calling devi Moti in the mandap " a maid informed her . Aanyati gestured Moti to move who stood like a statue in her place . Finally the moment have come . Now she will be married with someone she don't even know , someone whose face she never saw . Aanyati herself chose Sadman as the groom for Moti therefore she never saw with whom she is going to spend her whole life.

"This is what you have chosen for yourself Moti , now face your destiny" Aanyati said with utmost seriousness . Moti hugged Aanyati with all her might hiding her tears .

" I...I am sorry Vriti , I..I am sorry " she cried on her shoulders and then parted away . Aanyati maintained a stoic face all the time and escorted Moti to the mandap where her groom was already sitting , his face covered with flowers but that did not matter for Moti because she never even thought of looking at the face of her would be husband . Whole royal family was present in the hall but none of their faces showed what's going on.

With the holy chanting of mantras the wedding began . Everything went on smoothly , Swarnika did kanyadan but the moment she placed Moti's hand in her groom's , Moti turned to see his face but that was already covered in flowers.

" raj Kumar ..." she whispered .

" you will get immense time to talk to your husband Moti, focus on the rituals now " Karenumati stopped her from investigating further. Moti too left the topic thinking its just an illusion because Yuyutsu was standing in the balcony with Gatochkach and Valandhra . His face showing that nothing matters for him now. The eyes which were once filled with love for her showed nothing today . There was something strange about him.

" this is the reason bhabi shri covered his face " Arjun whispered to Draupadi who suppressed her smile .

" vivah sapan hua ( the marriage ended )"the pandit announced as Moti and her husband stood up to take their elders blessing . they went on to Swarnika first who clasped them to her chest .

" my child" she cried the tears of happiness , Moti too could not stop her tears but they were more of sadness than happiness. Then Moti marched to take Sadman's elders blessings but they were nowhere to be seen . Instead Sadman took Moti to take Sukhda's blessings who blessed them whole heartedly . Moti could not understand what is going on . Only the royals were present there , Moti could not see many other people . Her doubt started rising as she removed those flowers from her groom's face .

" raj Kumar" she could not believe her eyes . There stood Yuyutsu with all his glory , his face solemn as he gazed at Moti's shocked face.

" its arya for you from now on bhabi shri " Nakul smiled from behind accompanied by others . But Moti was still in shock . Her eyes travelled to the place where she saw Yuyutsu standing few moments ago. He was still there. Aanyati gestured something to him as a divine light covered his whole body . In seconds , his face changed into Hidimba's who smiled looking at Moti.

" what is going on here ?" Moti shouted all of sudden. Tears flowing non stop from her eyes . She could not understand if she should be happy or sad .

" calm down Moti , nothing happened except your marriage with Yuyutsu , your true love" Aanyati tried to calm her down .

" But how ? How all this happened ?Where is that Sadman ?" she cried looking at everyone's face.

" I am here " Hidimba smiled and then again shape shifted into a male who looked like Sadman .

" there is no person of that name Moti , it was a name given to your imaginary groom" Bheem smiled .

" Vriti .. what is all this going on? please tell me " Moti pleaded to Aanyati who made her sit on a sofa near by .

" it was all bhabi shri's plan" Bheem said proudly .

" I knew you will never agree to marry Yuyutsu directly so I thought of the most suitable plan . You had already called mata and bhrata here so the only thing left was to choose a groom for you which I did . I was thinking of bringing a real person as your fake groom but when I met Hidimba that day , I found that person . She could easily shape shift into anyone and that's what she did in all your functions but the real rituals were being performed by Yuyutsu instead . Then the moment of your marriage came , although I knew you will not be interested in even gazing at your groom but I was prepared for the moment when you will look at him . This is love Moti , his one touch was enough to tell you that its Yuyutsu. That's why I covered his face with sehra (flowers). In the mean time , I told Hidimba to shape shift into Yuyutsu so that no further doubt can come in your mind . "Aanyati revealed her plan as a satisfied smile climbed up to everyone's lips.

Now all the eyes turned on to Moti who went silent all of sudden " you cheated me Vriti , why?" she asked with utmost calmness.

" I never cheated on you Moti , I just did what you should have done long ago . You knew your heart belonged to bhrata Yuyutsu still you were not ready to marry him , by marrying someone else you were going to destroy three lives . You seriously thought bhrata will marry someone else just because you left him . You did not wanted to marry him because you thought his family will disown him , here is his family , me , dharmraj all his brothers , his mother and now you , this is all what his family is dear . Those people whom you were calling his family disowned him long ago and this family of his can never disown him " whatever Aanyati said made sense to Moti , she is his family not others . Without waiting any further she hugged Aanyati while crying .

" forgive me for blaming you Moti , forgive me " she cried as Aanyati consoled her . " you also forgive me arya , I was a fool to deny you , to say no to you , forgive me " saying so she bend down in his feet . Yuyutsu picked her up " you are my everything priye , how can I be angry on you " his words were calm and thoughtful.

" learn something from your jyest " Karenumti nudged Nakul whose mouth fell open .

" I have more beautiful lines than him" Nakul protested .

" stop it both of you , its time for celebration after all we got another couple in our family " said Draupadi ......







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