THE PRABU'S SECRET
PRABU ASMALARAYA ARYA ARDHANA

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The Mekar Jaya kingdom.

Queen Ardiningrum Bintari was saddened by the return of her son Raden Ganendra Garjitha.

"How are your two sisters doing?. Why are you going home alone, son?." He cried to see his son being treated by the court physician.  "I'm sorry mom. At that time I no longer thought of anyone, because I was already angry, for the fraudulent actions of their mother." He felt sorry for not knowing the circumstances of his two sisters.

"Oh, my son gentala giandara, my son ambarsari." His heart was so bitter, he just wished that his son was okay.

"Please mistress the queen, raden gentala giandra has just returned." One of the palace soldiers reported to the queen Ardiningrum Bintari.

"Where is he?. Tell me!." He has no power to hold back his feelings.

"Being in front of the gate of the princess's wrestling palace." Say again.

"Oh my son." He immediately headed to the palace gate, he wanted to see the state of his son. While Raden Ganendra Garjitha was only silent while being treated by the palace healers.

As soon as Queen Ardiningrum Bintari arrived at the palace gate, she saw some of the palace's soldiers helping her son to walk.

"My son." He was shocked to see his son injured.

"Mother." Her heart felt sad when she saw her mother.

"You hurt, son?." His heart was very sad to see his son.

"Yes mother." He tried to rely on his mother, he missed his mother, so he could not hold back his tears.

"How's your sister doing, son?. Why don't you go home with her." Queen Ardiningrum Bintari was agitated because she had not seen her daughter.

"I'm sorry mom. I don't know Rayi ambarsari yet. But I'm sure Rayi was in the palace, and became their prisoner." He cried sadly because he did not know for sure the whereabouts of his sister.

"Oh great god." He was saddened by what he had heard from his son Raden Gentala Giandra.

"Soldier, take my son to the infirmary." Queen Ardiningrum Bintari ordered, she was very worried about her son.

"sandika wrestling princess." They obey orders from Queen Ardiningrum Bintari.

"May you be well my daughter ambarsari." He prayed in his heart, for the safety of his daughter who was in the royal palace of Suka Damai. His heart was very anxious, if they did anything bad to his son.

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At the palace, I like Peace.

"So Rayi Prabu is going to go to the palace in bloom?." Andhini's daughter Andita was a little surprised

"Yes. As soon as possible this matter should be resolved." Jaya Satria looked straight ahead.

"Then, I'll go with rayi prabu." It was very anxious to hear his sister go there.

"Why does the princess want to go there?." Jaya Satria pretended to ask.

"I'm just worried about Rayi Prabu. If he goes there alone, he will get into trouble. Given how they behave towards rayi prabu." The anxious feeling was so sincere, not contrived or just a mere charade.

"So the princess does not worry about the servant.?" Jaya Satria trying to tease Andhini's daughter Andita?.

"Bfffh of course I worry about you too." He laughed a little. I don't know what feeling he had left at the moment, but his heart felt something strange about him.

Jaya Satria also laughed at how cute Andhini's daughter Andita was, and the two were joking as if they were really familiar. Meanwhile from a distance Princess Ambarsari saw the two of them.

"I never saw, rayi andhini andita laughing with such a cheerful face." He couldn't believe seeing that.

"That's because. There's no grudge in his heart, yunda." Raden Hadyan Hastanta came from the side, he smiled slightly. "Although I don't know when they're familiar. But apparently, jaya satria has changed rayi andhini andita for the better." He also felt a tremendous change from his sister.

"He was not under the influence of Satria. He's a good guy too. I talked to him a few times. He's even a good listener, and gives good advice as well." He did not want his brother to think badly about Jaya Satria, which could change his brother's temperament and also himself.

Princess Ambarsari was silent. He saw the change of his two brothers. Out of his attitude, words that were more polite than the previous one.

"Maybe it's true that jaya satria said. The human heart is basically equally good." He remembered the words of Jay Satria. "But a good heart can be tarnished, because of our views that we think are things we like or do not like. And after that, there are only two options." She stopped her words, smiling gently at her brother.

"Good direction with a good outlook. Bad direction with bad outlook." Further.

"But not everything we think is good is forever good. So is the bad. If we want to know it's good or bad. Ask yourself in the past. Whatever we've done to someone, so we get the payback." Raden Hadyan Hastanta looked towards Jaya Satria and Princess Andhini Andita who were joking.

Princess Ambarsari tried to digest what her sister said. Indeed, some of him admitted there is a truth that his sister said. His hatred of Cakara Casugraha or Asmalaraya Prabu Arya Ardhana in the past is so great that it changes the character of his sister.

"Great God, what should I do." His heart began to feel troubled, and also sad. After he left, he did not want to show his sadness.

"Hopefully your mother will change, and we can all come together, in a good mood." In the heart of Raden Hadyan Hastanta is very hopeful, if his brother is also willing to change his view of Prabu Asmalaraya Arya Ardhana.

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Next day.

Princess Ambarsari, Princess Andhini Andita, and Jaya Satria are getting ready to travel. They will leave for the Mekar Jaya Royal Palace, with a few soldiers accompanying.

"Beware rayi prabu during the journey." Raden Hadyan Hastanta released Asmalaraya Arya Ardhana with his brother and sister.

"So does rayi andhini andita and yunda ambarsari. I hope you guys get to the royal palace in bloom safely." Further.

"Thank you raka. May God always give us salvation." Prabu Asmalaraya Arya Ardhana gave a small smile, his eyes looking towards Jaya Satria.

"I also hope that raka and jaya satria will be fine while in the palace. Hopefully, it doesn't get any attacks from any enemies." He also hoped that those in the palace would be fine.

"I went first raka." Andhini Andita's daughter said goodbye to her brother.

"Be careful rayi. Take care of rayi prabu." Reply Raden Hadyan Hastanta.

"Jaya satria. Take good care of my shelves in the palace. Just touch his head if the disease recur." In a joking tone he said like that to make Jaya Satria and Prabu Asmalaraya Arya Ardhana laugh.

"Am I a bad boy Rayi?. To the extent that I have to be guarded by a jaya satria." Raden Hadyan Hastanta looked sullen, though his heart was tingled with the words of his sister.

"That's how." The reply made the atmosphere slightly liquid.

Moreover, Princess Ambarsari just silently noticed their closeness, she did not make a sound at all.

"Then we go first. Sampurasun." prabu Asmalaraya Arya Ardhana saluted her brother.

"Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarokatuh." He also said hello to Jaya Satria.

"Wa'alaikumussalam warahmatullahi wabarokatuh." Jaya Satria smiled slightly.

After that they stepped away leaving the palace gate to head to the kingdom of Mekar Jaya.

"Hopefully they're fine." He really hopes everything will be safe, whether it's on the way, or in the royal palace of Mekar Jaya later.

"Yes, you're right jaya-satria." Raden Hadyan Hastanta saw the departure of those who began to move away, entering the king's City. But as soon as his eyes look to the side?.

"Rayi prabu?." He can't believe jaya satria turned into his sister?." And the one with them?. He was like a stutterer at a loss for words.

"I'm sorry raka. I did not say this plan to Raka. Because I'm afraid yunda ambarsari misunderstood. If jaya satria comes as a messenger." He explained to his brother.

"That's why me and Satria swapped places. In order not to make yunda ambarsari suspicious. Especially when arriving at the royal palace blooming Jaya. I'm afraid they'll attack Satria's jaya." Further.

"Yes, rayi prabu is right. It would be very dangerous for the jaya Satria, as well as the safety of rayi andhini andita." Raden Hadyan Hastanta understood, his younger brother did think ahead.

"We just hope, everything will be fine." That is the hope of Prabu.

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Back in the day.

Prabu Asmalaraya Arya Ardhana and Jaya Satria have just performed Istikharah prayer, they ask for guidance to Allah SWT.

"رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْراً وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانصُرْنَا عَلَى القَوْمِ الكَافِرِينَ

رَبَّنَا لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا

رَبَّنَا وَلاَ تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا

رَبَّنَا وَلاَ تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لاَ طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَنتَ مَوْلاَنَا فَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

in the helplessness that we face, we only ask you O Allah, aamiin aamiin ya rabbal aalaamiin."

In prayer they hope to get instructions to act, so as not to make a wrong decision. At that moment they saw the arrival of the one who was greatly missed.

"Mixeden." That voice, the voice they wanted to hear, and the friendly face they wanted to see.

"Ayahanda \ gusti prabu." The two approached her, hugging her longingly.

"Ayahanda will always be with you, until the time comes. You really can't be in this world." He was also sad to be separated from the two, but whatever the force, destiny said another.

"What you are worried about, also becomes the anxiety of my father, my son." He stroked the head of Prabu Asmalaraya Arya Ardhana and Jaya Satria, he looked towards Jaya Satria.

"Thank you for taking good care of your brother, my son." He stroked the masked face, but Jaya Satria could still feel the touch.

"We will always look after each other." I almost cried hearing it.

"Keep walking in goodness. Although this mask covers who you are, my son." he kissed the top of Jaya Satria's head sadly.

"And you. Casugraha. Irrigate your brother with prayer, and all your feelings." This time he kissed the head of Prabu Asmalaraya Arya Ardhana.

"Of course father." The two were unable to hide the sense of haru pressing on their chests. Attention of his father, which could not be felt at all times.

"You guys just calm down. To overcome the problem between the kingdom like peace, with the kingdom blooming jaya. This time let jaya satria go there. But in the form of cakara casugraha." Prabu Kawiswara Arya Ragnala this time looks serious.

"Why is that father?." Prabu Asmalaraya Arya Ardhana wants to know.

"Because if a warrior jaya goes there in this state. I was afraid, they would attack him. And consider you have no manners for sending messengers, without showing their faces to them, as if Jaya Satria was a terror spreader." prabu Kawiswara Arya Ragnala did not want that to happen.

Jaya Satria and Prabu Asmalaraya Arya Ardhana looked at each other, thinking about what the prabu Kawiswara Arya Ragnala said.

"But there is no way that we are at the same time, or just wrestling when accompanying the departure later Gusti prabu." He thought there.

"It's true father. That would raise suspicion on them later." Prabu Asmalaraya Arya Ardhana also thought about it.

Prabu Kawiswara Arya Ragnala smiled at the two, he understood the meaning of the words of the two.

"At that time, you were swapping places, so they wouldn't be suspicious." that's the advice he gave

"Yes, that's right, father. That's a very good plan." Prabu Asmalaraya Arya Ardhana agrees with that.

"Well, we'll do well." Jaya Satria also agreed.

"Thank you father. Thank you for helping us." prabu Asmalaraya Arya Ardhana was very pleased, he was relieved by the advice given by his father.

Back to the present.

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Their journey was a little stopped, because Asmalaraya Arya Ardhana prabu performed Zuhr prayers with his soldiers who are partly Muslim.

While Princess Andhini Andita, and Princess Ambarsari pay attention to what they do.

"What does Rayi Prabu actually do?. We should continue the journey to quickly reach the royal palace blooming jaya." princess Ambarsari felt strange with what was done by her sister.

"Jaya Satria once told me. What Rayi Prabu is doing is praying." Andhini's daughter Andita answered. "Sholate?. I don't understand what that means." He asked again.

"If you are curious. Why don't you ask Rayi Prabu." He smiled a little, he could not answer the question from his brother.

"Am I going to ask you?." He asked in his heart. But it felt very impossible he did, because he could not get along with his sister at all.

"But why does rayi andhini andita get along with rayi prabu?. Is he really in his mind by rayi prabu?." His eyes glanced towards Andhini's daughter Andita. he was still astonished how the fast time his sister could change?.

"I'll try it. And prove that, rayi prabu has indeed been singing rayi andhini andita, also rayi hadyan hastanta." He still did not accept the reality of the change in attitude of his two sisters.

What's gonna happen next?. Findtheanswer.

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