Sultan Mahmoud was the most lustful sultan the Othman empire has ever known since it rose from nothing to the strong dynasty it is now. He was a womanizer and the whole dynasty knew that but they didn't care as long as he was leaving for campaigns t...
Time was something that can either go on slow or go on very fast but in my case, it has been racing, after the death of Dilruba Sultan I felt like the happiest person ever. Time passed very fast as peace fell upon the Topkapi palace and we all lived in harmony, for over a year that is but after a year and a couple of months have passed I found out I was pregnant yet again which rose a lot of uncertainty in the harem and for Leyla and Hatice. How can I keep getting pregnant when Mahmud was still seeing Hatice and Leyla yet neither had children especially Leyla who showed she was fertile when she had Isa but now she's not getting pregnant at all.
"How are you feeling, Sultanim?" Daphne asked as she dresses Ahmed who was now eight years old. Ahmed huffed as Suleiman who was seven years old stuck his tongue out at his older brother trying to rile him up.
"I feel over the moon, I have a new child coming soon and all of my children are healthy and happy how can I be anything but happy" I answered rubbing my bulging stomach. Daphne smiled at me before turning to Ahmed and finished buttoning his Kaftan. Ahmed grinned and joined his already dressed brothers.
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"How do you feel about Albina's departure?" Daphne asked. The reminder made me sad again but I composed myself in front of the children.
"I feel very sad that she decided to move back to our homeland and stay with our father but that is understandable since she doesn't want him to be alone in his possible last days" I answered. A knock on the door interrupted our conversation and made Selim and Orhan jump a little. The three years old Orhan clung onto his five years old brother.
"Come in" I called turning to face the door. Diana Kalfa walked in and bowed to me with a smile on her face.
"The royal family is meeting in the privy chamber to welcome his majesty back," Diana said making me grin and jump up. Almost a year ago Mahmoud declared war against a European country that I didn't bother asking which despite the fact that I knew them all by heart. Five months ago he left for the campaign leaving me three months pregnant with many snakes around me but he made sure I was protected, he assigned two harem aghas that he trusted named, Numan and Yahya.
"Come on" I called to Daphne who jumped up and grabbed Ahmed and Suleiman's hands. Rahime picked up Selim and Orhan and they all followed me out of my room and down the harem. I grinned at the concubines in the harem as they bowed to me. Throughout the almost two years that have passed, I've been treated much better in the harem and Gevherhan Sultan and Yenisah Sultan both kept a close relationship with me especially Gevhehran Sultan which felt more like a political alliance than friendship like I had with Yenisah, Gevhehran worried that I soon will interfere with politics and wanted to make sure her husband was safe.
In the meantime of all of this happening Yenisah Sultan gave birth to a son and Mahmoud named him Hüseyin. And for the alliance marriage between Gülcemal and Ahmed Cem, well I've been trying to convince Mahmoud to ask Suleiman Pasha for her hand for the past year not wanting someone else to get her before us and it seems he is going to do that soon after all the nagging.
