A Slave who became Emperor Chapter 78

Shameen came down and entered the Shah's chambers . . she said, 'I know where the treasure is . . ' he looked at her, and said, 'ok, give me the location . . ' she shook her head and said, 'not so fast . . I need to make sacrifices . . ' he said, 'I know that Mirza already died, you sacrificed him,how many more sacrifices your evil god needs . . ' she smiled in an alluring way and came near him, she raised her finger and ran her nail across Shah's face and drew blood, she said, 'I need noble blood sacrifice . . only one . . ' he shook like a withered leaf . . he said, 'what do you mean? ' she drew Shah near to her and licked his blood rolling down his face . . she said, 'not you . . don't be scared . . think fast and make the arrangements . . ' she smiled at him and went away . . he felt uncomfortable, he had a sense of unease in his heart . .

Meanwhile Zaffar was lying on a bed . . he had a herbal paste applied on his forehead, Vaidya was checking his pulse, Pinaka and Samyukta were standing near his bed . . Pinaka asked, 'Vaidya ji . . what happened? ' the Vaidya said, 'he is on the verge of losing his mind . . . it will take two days for him to gain consciousness . . don't worry . . he will recover . . ' Pinaka shook his head, what an irony . . the enemy who wanted his death so badly was being treated to regain his health . . Samyukta understood his thoughts . . she held Pinaka's hand gently . . they walked away . .

Samyukta and Pinaka went to meet emperor Surya Gupta (Pinaka's father), she told him about the dream she had and explained what Raj guru told her . . he looked at her with a strange expression . . he said, 'Treasure? we have enough resources . . we don't need that treasure now . . ' Pinaka looked at him and said, 'father . . do you know about this treasure? ' he said, 'of course, this great treasure was gathered by all the great emperors of the country, it was left under the care of an ancient tribe who has least interest in money . . but I don't know the location . . every emperor in India knows about the existence of this treasure . yet no one knows the location . . ' Pinaka looked at him incredulously and said, 'but father . . we need to protect it . . ' Surya Gupta said, 'no need, the tribe is taking care of it . . unless and until a great crisis strikes the country, we are not supposed to use it . '

Samyukta said, 'but father, how can we be sure that the tribe is equipped enough to protect the treasure? that evil woman is coming for the treasure . . Raj guru said that she will bring great doom to the nation and asked us to find the treasure and seek Zaffar's help . . he knows something we don't . . '

Emperor Surya Gupta was thinking, what to do . . meanwhile there was a messenger who said that Emperor Krishna Chandra(Samyukta's father) came, he was immediately welcomed and Samyukta lost no time in explaining all about her dream . . he looked at them all and said, 'I am here precisely for the same reason . . our Raj guru asked me to discuss the same . . he said you had a dream premonition . . '

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