Kosem sultan: Death for the dynasty

Seen as weak Part 13

"Ibrahim, my son, you have returned," kosem said. Tear should not fall from her eye, but her face said everything.

"Valide sultan" ibrahim said with coldness. He could not see his wife who had been taken from him upon entering the palaces. His children were nowhere in sight.

"Ibrahim, are you not happy to be home, to your family." Kosem said. She thought her son would run into her arms and maybe beg for forgiveness. He shouldn't have the family. He is a prince of the Ottoman dynasty.

"Valide, where is family my ," Ibrahim said, still cold.

"Your family is here" kosem yells.

"No my family is not here. This is a palace, a prison full of lies and fear. I ran away from this place and for the first time in a long time I truly felt happy." ibrahim said, raising his voice.

"You think that I am happy in the palace without you. You are my son, a part of my soul. When you left I thought something Horrible had happened to you." kosem said.

"Valide, did you forget that you have two other sons, three if you count the one that's also in your charge. You truly think that I am more important and more special than all three of them." irbahim said, looking straight into the sultanas eyes.

"No mother, i have another reason why I left this horrible place.I truly felt alone in this palace with my entire family, Because this dynasty in this court that you have built is poisonous" ibrahim said to his mother.

What Ibrahim had to say was not meant to hurt his mother, it was meant to finally tell the truth.

Kosem had truly changed the ottoman Dynasty from before Ahmed time. But looking back on it, did kosem really have a choice. The dynasty had to change in order for her children to live.

"Ibrahim I do not know who has poisoned your mind against me but I promised you everything that I have ever done is to protect my children." kosem said

"Oh yes valide all for your children. That's why you didn't support Osman at first, causing us all to be imprisoned by mustafa's mother. Leaving me Murad, kasim, and bayzid to be trapped in that room. Putting Muard on the throne yet allowing him no power without your supervision. You wonder what happened to Murad, you made him paranoid. I am so sick of your power struggles and that's why I left. I had a happy life before you had to come back and ruin it." ibrahim said with passion in his voice. He was telling his mother everything and not holding back.

"Atike found you, that is Allah will." kosem said.

" don't bring my sister into this, She has been more accepting of my family then you have been"

Ibrahim said.

"Don't keep calling that woman and those children your family. It is forbidden for a prince of the dynasty to marry one of his brothers consorts and it is doubly forbidden for princes to have children." kosem said. She wanted to remind her son of the consequences of his actions. The retribution the Sultan could very well be brought upon him.

"I no longer consider myself a prince of the dynasty. So why am I now a threat to how I am living my life peacefully in the countryside, threatening to anyone." ibrahim said.

"Because you disobeyed my orders. Now my enemies and my subjects could see me as weak"