Akbar reels as if struck. “She raised me. She is more than a mother to me.”
The scene shifts to the main durbar. The hall is packed. Nobles whisper like serpents in a basket. Maham Anga has strategically placed her loyalists—Adham Khan’s shadow looms large. She has also summoned the royal physician, who testifies that the poison’s origin is indisputably Amer. jodha akbar episode 251
She finally looks at him—not with anger, but with a terrible sadness. “Someone who knows that the death of trust is worse than the death of the body. Someone who has been planting thorns in our garden since our first night.” Akbar reels as if struck