Neslihan Hümasah Sultan daughter of Selim i, sister of Suleiman I and the beloved aunt of Selim ii. She was no ordinary sultana she was loved dearly by her family for her kind heart and strong demeanor. The people loved her for her charity and kindn...
"Is everything ready?" I asked Rana as I put on my earing to complete my outfit. I smothered down my blue dress feeling the smooth silk under my fingers.
"Yes Sultanim and his majesty are almost here" She answered walking over with my shawl in hand. She clipped it on my hair being careful to not ruin the beautiful waves.
"You made sure that they prepare the food on the low tables, right? My mother doesn't like new things like tables" She nodded her head and bowed to me when I turned around to face her.
I walked out of my room and down the long corridor leading to the main room. I walked in to see Ibrahim already fully ready and standing with some man I've never seen before, so I pulled my shawl forward and covered my chest before walking over to them making them bow to me.
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"Matrakçi, this Neslihan-Humasah Sultan, my wife" Ibrahim introduced making the man bow to me again.
"Sultanim this is my friend Matrakçi, he's the one who plays matraka with his majesty and that's how he earned his name" Ibrahim explained. I nodded my head with a soft smile.
"Nice to meet you Matrakçi effendi" He thanked me before bowing to us and leaving us alone in the main room.
"You seem nervous" Ibrahim pointed out making me turn to face him. I raised my eyebrow at him, was it really that obvious?
"You're shaking" He took my hands into his and wrapped them tightly to make them stop shaking.
"It's just that we've never invited anyone over yet let alone all of them and I don't want anything to go wrong" He chuckled and placed his hands on my arms and pulled me closer kissing my forehead.
We turned around as the doors were pushed open. I moved to stand beside Ibrahim as my brother walked in followed by our mother and then his woman and children.
"Brother" I smiled at him and walked over taking his hand into mine and kissing the back of it before placing it on my forehead.
"Neslihan, you look beautiful" I smiled at his compliment before he moved on to Ibrahim and my mother took his place.
"Mother" I kissed the back of her hand as she nodded. I looked behind her at Mahidevran who bowed to me, my gaze moved to Mustafa who grinned and ran over to me hugging me tightly.
"My darling" I picked him up and held him on my waist as he kissed my cheek before hugging my neck very tightly.
"I missed you auntie" He explained happily. I kissed him one last time before placing him down on the floor so he could greet Ibrahim.
"Hurrem" She bowed to me with a grin. I took Mehmed from her and held him close kissing his chubby cheek.
"How is Mihrimah? Why didn't you bring her with you?" I asked turning to look at her from Mehmed.
