A Slave who became Emperor Chapter 34

The spy and Pinaka were in the Royal chambers, Pinaka said, 'what are your conditions to help me find my father? what is the grudge you have with my father? ' the spy said, 'to state my condition you should actually know what happened . . before you were born, Devadatta framed me and my friends for something which we didn't do, you should clear our names and apologize in front of the People of Gupta empire, of course this needs to be fulfilled only after we help you find your father . . '

'clear your names? you were framed? I don't understand, tell me clearly, ' the spy replied, 'Prince, I am Indra, I was a major of Gupta army, along with my friend Major Varuna, we started a group which was doing some good things, we were feeding poor people, we were helping the needy, but Devadatta framed us for taking the funds of the state to do all welfare activities, your father believed him and casted us out of the empire . . '

The Prince said, 'if there is a mistake, I will definitely apologize, but why is there a need to hurt me for this . . . ? ' the spy Indra said, 'Prince, how will I be allowed to meet you . . . I am an outcast . . only if I commit a crime, I will be able to meet you . . I just wanted to injure you . . I never aimed to kill you . . earlier I spoke arrogantly because, I was trying to judge your character . . , the moment you said that you will apologize if there was a mistake . . I understood how humble you are . . you never said that it was not your mistake . . it was your father's . . '

Pinaka smiled, he said, 'when I enjoy the fortunes given by my father, I need to pay for his mistakes too . . 'his words were simple and straight . . but true . . he continued, 'Major Indra, how was my father? ' Indra said, 'Prince, your father was a great emperor, he was honest, humble and good . The only mistake he committed was to trust Devadatta . . ' Pinaka said, 'hmmm ok . . when should we move? '

Indra said, 'you need to recover Prince . . we need to go on a rough terrain . . ' Pinaka said, 'you said there is no time . . Indra took out a small piece of parchment and gave to Pinaka . . it was written . .

1

eagle may pick empty road

ordinary road set at

free end

Pinaka smiled, it was a code, the numerical 1 indicated to read all the first letters of the words together . . it read . . .

'Emperor Safe'

Pinaka summoned Shiva and conveyed the message to him, he passed it on to the empress and Samyukta .

They both came into Pinaka's chamber, the empress hugged him and said, 'Samyukta is lucky for us, now the emperor Will be here soon, I need to go to the temple . . '

Indra and Shiva also took their leave . . Pinaka looked at Samyukta and said, 'I am disappointed . . ', she looked at him with surprise, he said, 'my mother said that its you who are lucky for us . . not me . . ' he acted jealous . . Samyukta smiled and said, 'you are acting like a little boy . . it's time for you to be an emperor . . be matured, ' and winked at him . . 'hmph . . who is acting all mature now . . winking at men . . the future empress . . ' he said rolling his eyes . .

The Vaidya examined Pinaka, he said, 'Prince, you are doing much better, by tomorrow you must be able to recover completely . . . ' Pinaka asked, 'vaidya ji, (ji is a suffix used to address someone with respect) Can I go for a long journey? ' the vaidya looked at him and said, 'yes, but you need to ensure to take rest at intervals, don't strain yourself much . . ' Pinaka nodded . .

The next day Pinaka woke up, he felt fresh . . . he drank a concoction given to him by the vaidya, he felt a new energy rushing through him . . it was an energy drink made of high quality herbs . .

Pinaka summoned an attendant and said, 'ask Shiva and Indra to prepare for our journey . .

Chapter end