Akbar exhaled, a breath he had been holding for seven days. “I have been a blind king.”
Jodha looked up at the stars. “Because she was your mother in every way but blood. To wound her in front of you would be to wound you. And I do not wage war on the man I love.” jodha akbar episode 83
Later, in the dark of her chambers, Jodha sat by the jharokha. She wasn’t praying for herself. She was praying for Akbar—that he would see the snake before it bit. Akbar exhaled, a breath he had been holding for seven days
Jodha stepped forward, fearless. She took the scroll and held it to the candle. “Look closely, Jalal. The ink is fresh . The seal is a replica—the left tusk of the elephant emblem is chipped. My father’s seal has a perfect tusk. This is forgery.” To wound her in front of you would be to wound you
“Convenient,” Maham Anga said. “A princess who knows forgery as well as she knows prayers.”
“Search,” the captain ordered.