"Give your daughters difficult names. Give your daughters names that command the full use of tongue. My name makes you want to tell me the truth. My name doesn't allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right."
A week has passed. Rukiye Hatun spent three nights in row with my nephew Sultan Ahmed Khan, and it seemed like he really likes her. I was glad because she was successful in that, but there was no information she could give me yet.
She wasn't so close with Sultan yet, and I knew I should wait a bit more time before he opens more to her. At the end, he was still a teenager. Handan influenced him really a lot and of course she taught him not to tell a lot of his secrets to concubines, especially if the concunine is sent by my mother or me.
I was enjoying sunny day on my terrace. I missed this so much. When I was young, I was usually sitting at my mother's terrace together with Fahriye. Our brother Mehmed was also with us. Those were beautiful times.
I could never express my pain for losing my brother Mehmed. I loved him more than anything in this world. He always took care of me and loved me so much. He died while he was still young. We never got to know the real reason of his death, but I promised my mother that one day I will find the real reason.
At that moment, I heard footsteps of someone coming onto my terrace. It was my mother, Safiye Sultan. She came and sat next to me.
- Ismihan, my daughter, why are you working against me? Why are you sending another concubines to our grandson Sultan Ahmed? And you knew we sent Anastasia to him. - my mother told me as she sounded disappointed in me.
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- Why should he have just one concubine, Valide? You always wanted to send another women to my brother Mehmed, so one wouldnt have big impact and influence on him, and now you don't want to do that with Ahmed? - I asked her.
- He is crazy in love with Anastasia, he saw a portrait of her and fell in love with her. She is not smart enough to turn against us. - my mother said and raised her head up.
- Maybe you just think that, you also loved Halime a lot until you saw her son Mahmud as threat to our brother. - I said to her what was true. She was afraid Halime's son Mahmud would dethrone my brother Mehmed, and that's why they killed Mahmud, which was innocent boy.
- Instead of mixing into Harem's jobs you should better watch out what are you doing. I won't tollerate your meetings with Şahin Giray anymore. If you don't stop that, I will be forced to find suitable husband for you. - Valide said to me coldly.
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