I get it now when you replied to my comment saying that the Grand-Vizier is not the main villain... it looks like the Sultan has swindled Aladdin's mother during their meeting at the palace. No wonder I was a skeptic about the Sultan easily handing over her daughter's hand to Aladdin. There's not even due diligence on the part of the Sultan or Grand-Vizier to check the background of Aladdin in detail when he agreed to the marriage proposal.
At this point in the story, it became clear to me that the Sultan simply wants to take the jewels without the intention of keeping his promise to Aladdin's mother. I really thought that the Sultan is kind enough to stay true to his words. Instead, he masks his ulterior motive to acquire the jewels by showing benevolence to Aladdin's mother during the meeting. He did it to make Aladdin's mother become comfortable with the Sultan and to give him the jewels.
OMG, I didn't expect this kind of twist in the story. I really thought that the Grand-Vizer is the main antagonist but I'm obviously wrong about my assumptions, lol.
I feel sorry about the situation of Aladdin and his mother. They've been wasting time, money, and energy preparing for a wedding that's not going to happen as they planned.
Now, I want to talk about the last paragraph in this part of the story... I'm wondering what Aladdin is thinking at this point. He is not planning to stop the wedding, in fact, his instruction to the Genie is to take the newlywed couple to him after the wedding ceremony. I don't get why would Aladdin would allow the wedding to push through before he takes action... this is going to be interesting.
