The World of Courtesans c9.97

c9.97

The next day the nurse took some presents to Kantaka. They bore the royal seal and she informed him that he had captured the princess's heart. She went further and told him that a fortune teller had told her that since the king had no son, Kantaka was destined to succeed him. She advised him to get a thief to dig a tunnel leading to the princess's chamber. She proposed the name of Apaharavarman. So Apaharavarman was released and started digging the tunnel, but as soon as he was released he chopped off the jailer's head.