CHAPTER FOUR
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The Wedding Ceremony 4
Guests who brought the wedding invitation came one after another.
It felt like the the guests invited to the wedding were all people from the upper class.
maya peeked from the shadows of the stairs.
“Maya -mam!! The dress will get dirty! Please stand up quickly!!”
The one who scolded maya who was sitting down, harshly with a raging anger was the butler, Kiranji .
“Maya -mam, please get ready soon.”
“Yes.”
…which means all that’s left is just to put on make-ups.
But retorting back will just earn maya a tenfold more scolding, so she obediently answered.
She was taken by Vinan to enter the bride’s waiting room.
There, Maya received the make-ups given by the maids.
And so, the rest was just to wait for Rudherji to come and pick her up in the room.
Maya wondered what was rudherji thinking by now…?
kiranji then opened his mouth.
“maya-mam, I think that you’ll hear various opinions from the invitees, but please do not mind them, okay?”
“Various things, such as?”
“About marriage for the sake of money or about liking a little girl… well, a lot of things like that.”
“I think about [marriage for the sake of money] will surely be an inevitable topic. Since in reality, I received help in regards to my mother’s treatment… But what is this about [liking a little girl]?! I am already 19 years old!!”
kiran looked at maya with a cheeky stare and said.
“maya-mam doesn’t look like a 19 years old. At the most, you look like a 15or 16 years old girl.”
(What a rude butler he is… but it’s true that I finally look like a 19 years old girl after putting up the make-up.)
Maya felt bitter, but after being told that, she just couldn’t show her anger even when she was mad.
Looking outside the window, she could see that the room was full of a great number of people.
She was almost overwhelmed by fear for an instant.
“maya-mam! Please get a grip! No matter what, you cannot falter!”
Hearing those words, Maya came to her senses.
(That’s right. I have endured the lessons all for the sake of this day!!)
One of the maids talked to maya.
“It’s gonna be alright. No matter what happens, Rudherji- will protect you.”
After that, the other maids also uttered words of encouragement.
“Exactly! After all, he’s got a scary face!”
“Also, today maya-mam looks perfectly like a 19 years old!!”
(Just now… were they really trying to cheer me up?)
As they continued their talk, rudherji finally came to pick Maya up.
“It’s about time. Shall we go?”
“Sure. Let’s go!!”
“maya-mam, please behave like a refined lady!
“Understood…”
kiran couldn’t help but be worried that maya who’s too energetic would fail to conduct herself in a refined manner.
“Well then, we’re off.”
Saying that, the two of them left the room to venue
When they took a step outside, everyone gave them their blessings by clapping their hands.
“Congratulations!”
“Thank you very much for inviting me on this occasion!”
“Congratulations on your marriage.”
Petals of flowers fell down from the top of the roof.
The two of them put a ring on each other’s fingers......
(Everyone is giving their blessings?!)
At the moment maya started to think about that, her ears caught some insults.
“That child is the girl who was selling flowers, right?”
“Eh? She isn’t some influencal’s daughter?”
“Then, she married rudherji for the sake of money?”
“So nasty!!”
(Aah, so they really slandered me as I was told before.)
If it was the usual maya, she would have thrown them outside while plucking dragging their hair outside. who ever gossiping about her.
But a fine lady wouldn’t do that kind of thing.
maya walked towards those women on purpose and greeted them with a smile, exactly as she was taught by kiran.
“Thank you very much for coming here today. I am truly grateful from the bottom of my heart.”
The women were surprised by maya’s ladylike conduct and closed their mouths.
“maya, please come over here.”
kiranji called Maya with such a scary look on his face.
Maya mam,obediently came over there.
“What is the matter?”
“Well, I saw that you were involved in some kind of quarrel so I tried to help.”
(See, as I thought, even if his face is scary, rudherji is really kind.)
On the other hand rudherji were greeted by the various people who attended the party.
Be it those of superior authorities, his subordinates, and also the nobles.
The voices heard during today’s wedding ceremony, although not all, were mostly talking about the anticipated topics.
About marriage for the sake of money. About how rudher sir preferred this little girls.
They were roughly divided into two categories like that.
Maya actually didn’t want to shame rudherji, but she could not do anything regarding her physical appearance.
In the end, the label of a pedophile was stuck to his name.
Maya thought that she felt extremely guilty about that.
After the reception at the mansion ended, the next thing to do was to move to the Mandap for wedding.
During the wedding ceremony maya and rudherji exchange their floral garlands. This expresses the desire of the couple to marry each other.
panditji asked for kanyadaan. In the Hindu tradition, no man can claim a woman until she is offered.(( During the ceremony, the father of the bride places his daughter's hands into the groom's hands as a gesture of giving her away.)) as for me I don't have my dad, he died when I was 5yrs ..maya face became pale. Kiranji came to the Maya placed her hand in rudherji hand and pour water into the bride's hand, which will flow through her fingers and into the hand of her groom.
Time to make a vow in front of the god in a holy while taking away phera(turning around fire while taking seven rounds). rudherji is sitting in Mandap. beside panditji chanting mantras (priest) .. Maya and rudherji Garments are Tied Together as They Circle a Fire.. During the saptapadi, maya and rudherji have their garments tied together., the couple walks seven steps together to signify their beautiful relationship as husband n wife. After that Sindoor, a red-orange powder, is applied to the part of a Maya's hair, symbolizes her new status as a married woman and is applied to her hair during the ceremony.
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And then the Priest said.
“Now then, to vow on your love, you both are now husband n wife”
Maya face became red as beetroot
And then, she raised her face and closed her eyes.
At that time, she felt something soft pressed lightly upon her forhead.
After the kiss was done,maya opened her eyes and saw rudherji s face at a point-blank range.
His face was turning red.
He seemed to be embarrassed as well.
The two of them were surrounded by applauses and cheers.
And thus, the two’s wedding ceremony ended in peace.
The invited guests returned to their home.
In the fitting room, maya was praised by the maids.
“Maya mam, you have done your best!”
“Thank you for your hard work!”
“Did you hear something unpleasant?”
(…I cannot say it… that because of me, Wrudherji is labelled as a pedophile…)
maya then told this to maids
“I don’t think there’s any in particular.”
Hearing that, the maids showed their relieved expression.
“Well then, next is to prepare for the wedding night.”
“Wedding… night?!”
maya was surprised.
She was too absorbed in the lessons and didn’t have any chance to think about that.
(Bridal night is… about that first night, right?)
Although maya had the knowledge about what the man and woman would be doing more or less, she had never thought that she would truly do it herself.
By the moment maya was surprised, her wedding dress was taken off and her corset was removed.
And then she was brought to the bathroom.
After being thoroughly washed by the maids, maya entered the bathtub.
Afterwards, she was led to the spouse’s bedroom.
She felt a complicated feeling regarding that after this, here, she would do her “first night”.
The room was a very lovely room.
It was complete with a canopy bed, floral design wallpapers, beautiful paintings, sofas with pretty design, and a set of chairs and desk.
Since maya had nothing to do, she opened the closet and found a massive collection of dresses there.
“These dresses… are all mine…?”
maya who murmured alone, a voice responded from behind her.
“Correct. Those dresses and all the accessories there are all maya’s.”
It was rudherji.
(That surprised me…)
“Today, you did really well. You have my gratitude.”
Saying that, rudherji bowed to maya
“Please raise your face! Please do not show your gratitude in this way to a little girl like me!”
“Do not say that. Aren’t you already a fine lady?”
“…I wonder.”
When maya answered, she felt like ridherji’s scary expression turned into a gentle expression for a moment.
Tonight, they will have their first night.
maya wondered what would rudher think about it?
Maya who was scared, couldn’t ask.
And so, he took a bath.
maya could smell the scent of soap from rudher ji
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