Chương 1: Full Synopsis

This is a fan fiction based on an Indian show- Prem Ya Paheli- Chandrakanta meaning Love Or Puzzle- Chandrakanta. Its set in 11th century India. Vigaygarh princess Chandrakanta who is the most beautiful girl in the world gets innumerable alliances but she rejects them all. Her father king Jai Singh wants her to accept the proposal of his friend king Surendra Singh of Naugarh's son crown prince Shiv Dutt to which she says she will talk after coming from temple in another kingdom of theirs called Jwaar Ghaati. There the son of Chunargarh king Marich's son prince Virendra Singh attacks Jwaar Ghaati on his father's orders as the commander of Jwaar Ghaati killed some of their soldiers. He was about to kill the commander but Chandrakanta stops him. He gets losts inti her. Chandrakanta could not see his face as he was wearing a mask. His men takes him away as he lost his senses. He is angered at his failure. He went back to Jwaar Ghaati and killed rhe commander at his quarter. Chandrakanta is told by her father to accept Shiv Dutt's proposal but she wants to first test him as one of her aiyyaras(friend cum servant who are warriors and can change appearance via magic) Chapla told that ge is a womanizer and alcoholic to which her father agrees. Marich tells his son to bring a magical key from a place called Yaksh Mahal belonging to crown prince Shiv Dutt of Naugarh. So he sets off to Naugarh. Shiv Dutt was sleeping with 4 women when his assistant Jhumroo cones and says that he has to meet Chandrakanta at Yaksh Mahal. He gets very happy and leaves the women alone to get ready. Chandrakanta sets off to Yaksh Mahal with her aiyyaras Champa and Chapla along with her defence minister Kroor Singh(a man of her father's age who tok loves her and wants to marry her which only his aiyyars know) and his aiyyars(male aiyyaras) Nazim and Ahmed along with sone soldiers and maids. Chandrakanta while walking in the jungle for fresh air on the way gets chased by a cheetah but is saved by Virendra who is disguised as a woodcutter. He killed the cheetah and she fainted at him stabbing the cheetah with the wooden stick. Since Chandrakanta did not sae his face earlier she does not recognized him as Virendra Singh. He is angry on seeing her as because of her he failed first time but he still thinks to save her from further danger but he leaves on hearing her aiyyaras calling her. Chandrakanta(CK) covers her face with a mask and shows herself as a daasi to Chapla who was acting as Chandrakanta. They switched each other's place to test Shiv Dutt(SD) whether he really is as Chapla said. Virendra takes the place of a temple servant along with his taiyyar Badri who changed his appearance like the servant Munna and told the priest that since other servant went for some reason his friend Viru will work in place of him. In reality, Virendra(V) and Badri had kidnapped real Munna and other servant. SD was an arrogant and cruel man who looked down at his inferiors and poor people. He tries to impress CK many times. CK meets V several times where they sometimes fight and sometimes save each other from danger. Once while saving V from SD ego was about to kill him as he doubted him to ve a spy, CK tells SD to stop and reveals herself as CK and on SD asking who is the women pointing at Chapla in CK's clothes she tells him that she is her aiyyara Chapla and they switched places to test him. SD gets angry and manhandles Chapla and tried to kill her but CK requested him to leave her which he did and left V too. SD invited her for dinner where he purposely called and insulted V making him eat the fruit fallen on floor and press and wash his wash. He was about to make him drink the water with which his feet were washed but CK stopped him and challenged him one on one fight with V which he accepted. V purposely lost the fight as he felt CK was distraction for him in his way of getting the magical key and he wants to break her trust so that she don't look at him ever. CK understood he lost purposely. She was about to meet SD in his tent as he won but she fell in trouble on the way due to a supernatural woman who wanted to kill her for some reason and pushes her off the cliff via her magic. V saves her by falling after her and hanging to a rope branch before calling down safely. SS who arrived there with his aiyyar Tej Singh and soldiers is angry to see their closeness. Next day, SD proposed CK in front of everyone and ahe asked for time. He invited for a party that day. She again made Chapla take her form and go to the party while she went to meet V in a cave near the party venue as she was leaving for her kingdom next day. The caves starts shaking. Nazim tells SD that he saw CK inside who is in danger to which SD says he drank a lot(CK is attacked by some magical soldiers sent by Badri but V saves her. Badri did it to kill CK so that V don't lose his focus). But Chapla who was in CK's form revealed that CK is really inside and came back to her form. SD gets angry and tried to kill her but Tej Singh stopped him saying they need to save CK to which SD in anger tells let her die. Chapla requests to help in saving her after which he can punish her and he agrees. V goes for some work in another section of cave where he had to help the same supernatural woman who tried to kill CK(No one knows about her trying to kill CK) in getting back her lover who is trapped inside a stone from 100 years and he helped her. The cave starts shaking. Champa, Chapla and others came to help CK. SD meets her and says she has not done right in fooling him twice, SD does not forgives 2nd mistake and she will pay for what she did. They all leave for their respective kingdoms. V is teapoec inside the cave and CK is worried for him. By the time he comes out, CK left in her carriage with others. On reaching kingdom next morning, CK refuses to accept SD's alliance. Later that day, CK received insulting gifts from SD meabt for lower class people with note that 'After marriage, CK will leave not as his crown princess/queen but as a daasi(maid servant or slave) and if they refuse this alliance they should be ready to have a war with his huge army(At this time Vijaygarh army is smaller than Naugarh army). Her father is angry. CK is in dilemma what to do. Her father gets attack and is unwell. Her stepmother who hates her blames her for his condition. She decides to become acting ruler till her father is well and accepts war with SD. Her stepmother who wants her own son Mayuk to be heir of Vijaygarh hurts her and tells her she priced to be step sister. V who came as woodcutter Viru to Vijaygarh to get the magical key which is in CK's palace(supernatural woman in Naugarh soldier disguise gave her a box with CK unaware what's in it. Marich who can see the past sometimes due to some magic gets to know where is the key) unaware of the situation of impending war. SD is hell-bent on making CK as his daasi to break her ego and pride. V takes part in Vijaygarh commander competition and wins. CK is happy to see him but Kroor Singh is unhappy to see him. He won the competition so that ge can find the key but he genuinely wants to help CK too.