Silence Cupu, It's the Queen
Chapter 24 Engagement flashback

There is still a little flashback about the night of Rakai Pikatan's engagement with Dyah Pramodhawardani..

(Aside pov relating to the chapter titled "bounded to the past")

If you forget to remember please reread 🙏

Dyah Pramodhawardani's first meeting with Rakai Pikatan during the full moon night ritual as well as the inauguration of the construction of bumishambara was when the princess was 16 years old while rakai Pikatan 33 years old.

Since that first meeting, the two of them never met again. Rakai Pikatan focused on building the bumishambara while the princess focused on learning various sciences and ordinances as a crown princess of the future Queen of the dynasty. Because after all the princess will occupy the main throne of the Syailendra dynasty.

Although it will have a partner but the highest power holder is still Dyah Pramodhawardani. Rakai Pikatan will only lead the wheels of government under his wife.

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5 Years later

Today is the engagement day of Crown Princess Dyah Pramodhawardani with Rakai Pikatan. Maharaja samaratungga felt that nothing needs to be postponed again because the age of the princess is mature .

Bumishambara construction is almost complete. The news of the engagement of the two dynasties also spread widely among the people in various parts of the region of Marcapada and the land of Java.

The crown princess's uncle named rafauteradewa also heard the news, he felt dislike for the decision of Maharaja Samaratungga, but he was also not entitled to fight the decision of the emperor who was his brother.

One day the crown princess's uncle Balaputeradewa will revolt against King Rakai Pikatan and Queen Dyah Pramodhawardani, as a form of his incompetence because after the Emperor Samaratungga died (died), (died) , The oldest member of the Syailendra dynasty family who should be more entitled to serve as the leader of the kingdom is him, he said,

while Dyah Pramodhawardani is still considered too young and has no experience in managing the dynasty government, especially her husband from the Sanjaya dynasty who automatically will not want to apply the influence of the Syailendra dynasty legacy Stream.

But the rebellion of the uncle can be driven away by the power of Rakai Pikatan, and by taking a peaceful road deal, he said, uncle rabalauteradewa will get full power in the area north-east of the land of Java which happens to be the origin of the dynasty Syailendra before mastering the marcapada especially the land of Java .

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As is customary, the Maharaja Samaratungga always held a ceremony to coincide with the ritual of the night of the full moon.

After all the preparations have been completed, the crown princess who had previously finished performing the flush ritual dipendopo behind the palace looks very beautiful, graceful, charming, enchanting,

The aura of the ancestral beauty rested in the body of a virgin maiden lord dynasty Syailendra. Maharaja Samaratungga felt very proud that his only daughter grew up to become a very wise adult girl.

Every speech and decision of the crown princess is always based on the interests of the people of the Syailendra dynasty, not one bit selfish.

The science of learning and knowledge that many years the princess plaited greatly affect the shape of her personality today.

selfish, is a word that is not in the dictionary of a crown princess Dyah Pramodhawardani. If he wanted to act selfish then he would have to consider his dynasty.

His age was very young but his life was under the shadow of the great power of the Syailendra dynasty, unable to be as free as others his age.

At first the princess was very difficult, in her teens had been heralded into the figure of the prospective sole heir of the Syailendra dynasty. Several times he wanted to rebel, to escape from all the burdens he had to bear.

Frequent crying at night, when she was alone in the room. Depressed, bored, fed up, the princess had already felt.

But his affection for Father and dynasty forced him to be able to survive, to be able to carry out what became his duty.

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If Rakai Pikatan views Dyah Pramodhawardani as a beautiful woman matchless and wise in every speech and action.

that is the one that became the basis of the decision of the crown princess to try to open her heart and accept Rakai Pikatan as her future husband.

The eyes only want to serve their parents and their ancestors.

***

The night after the core prayer of the night of the full moon,

The engagement awaited by all citizens of the dynasty, the same two figures have the aura of King and Queen despite different ages of teens.

As a binding symbol, Rakai Pikatan gave a gold necklace with red eyes of pomegranate. When he was about to put the necklace around the crown princess, Rakai Pikatan said,

"You will be bound to me forever sister..."

And that's a necklace attached firmly to the neck of Ratih Prameswari who at that time accidentally fell asleep on the roof of one of his campus buildings after getting a bullyan from Kinan the campus prima donna, which was, ratih's intention is just to dry wet clothes but it was sucked back to the era of the 8th century precisely on the night of the engagement of Dyah Pramodhawardani and Rakai Pikatan.

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In ancient times the Syailendra dynasty had the greatest wealth in marcapada, the jewelry worn by members of the palace family was made of pure gold formed in such a way by the gold artisan pandes .

Starting from official attributes to other complementary jewelry. Gold jewelry made as symbolic of Mahayana Buddhism and also Javanese ancestors.

Dinasty top jewelry while performing ritual ceremony . As a distinction between the People and their visitation, of course, can be seen from the type of jewelry used.

The image of the crown of the King in the 8th century, is very thick with the influence of bodhisatva, shaped like a semi-cone with carvings like the hair of the bodhisattvas (the holy spirit of the Mahayana Buddhist school).

Crown of the Queen in the 8th century, similar to the one worn by the king but smaller in size.

The King, Queen and the families of the Syailendra dynasty have crowns like the above, worn especially when the ritual is routine every night of the full moon. Crowns are descended from earlier ancestors between the 7th and 10th centuries.

Because after the 10th century the influence of the Hindu Buddhist School will increasingly fade replaced with a new stream of more complex kingdoms.

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This story is not entirely real, nor is it entirely hau..

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