Epitome of Sacrifice - Ponni's Beloved Volume 5: An English Translation of Kalki's Ponniyin Selvan : Ponniyin Selvan Volume 5, An English Translation by Unknown

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Chapter 49: The Unfortunate

Madhuranthakan heard the tale with stunned silence. The prime minister’s revelations left him dazed. He rose suddenly and said, “Prime Minister, this is some trick of your scheming brain. You want Arulmozhi to ascend the throne next, that’s why you have concocted tales like this. You then meddled with my mother’s heart and made her believe these vicious lies. Brahmarayarey, what harm have I ever done to you? Why are you doing this to me? Just because you want to achieve your goals, will you seize from me my own parentage? I wonder if anybody else in this world would have experienced such treachery! No! No! This cannot be your work alone. Princess Kundavai and Arulmozhi must have put you up to it…”

Anirudhar heard his outburst calmly and said, “Prince, if I had indeed hatched such a vicious scheme, I needn’t have saved your life when you were abandoned in the woods. Why did I rescue you then? And don’t talk thus about Prince Arulmozhi. Do you know what he is doing right now? He is talking to the soldiers surrounding this fort and telling them that you, his uncle, are the rightful heir, and their demands to instate him as the emperor are not right!”

“Then, this news that you just told me… does Arulmozhi know about it?”

“Arulmozhi doesn’t know about it. Nor does anybody else…”

“Why do you have to tell anybody? Prime minister, if only you could keep quiet about this… the emperor gave you ten acres of land, I will write over the entire Pandya kingdom in your name…”

“Ayya, you don’t have to hand over the Pandya kingdom to silence me. Your mother’s orders will seal my lips forever.”

Madhuranthakan looked at his mother pleadingly.

“Child, the prime minister is right. He knew my secret twenty years ago. He told me then, ‘Queen, this is your secret! And unless you choose to tell someone, no one will know it. They will never learn it from me.’ He has kept my secret all these years. He has sworn a holy oath to serve the emperor. And despite that, he has not told him anything about this. If I agree to your ascension to the throne, he would keep this truth a secret forever!”

“Yes, Devi. I would have kept quiet but I would have resigned from my service by then. I cannot serve the realm truly after knowing the truth…”

“But there is no need for you to do so. Madhuranthakan is going to give up his claim to the throne and reject any attempts made to instate him as the next emperor. Child, heed my words and agree to this,” said Sembiyanmadevi.

“Mother, then it is just you who stands between me and the throne? Even if I were to agree that I am not your true-born son, you raised me so for twenty years. Why are you doing this to me? What harm have I ever done to you?”

“Child, you have never done any harm to me. It is I who am harming you.

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