"Destur, Valide sultan Hurrem and Mihrimah sultan hazertleri" we all bowed.Two women came in and they were really beautiful."Sumbul agha is everything ready?" "Everything's ready Sultan."
The older woman with the red hair just smiled and came towards us
"So you are new slaves?" Valide said and she went walked towards us.
She carefully watched Katharina and eventually chose her. She finally came to me. She looked at me closely and raised my face with her hand to look at her. She didn't take her eyes off my eyes, she seemed kind confused.
"Sumbul, take these girls to the room where they'il stay, while take the others to the old palace."
The girls who were supposed to be taken to the old palace started crying and begging the Valide Sultani to spare them. I felt sorry for them but I'm aware that we can't all save ourselves, this is the sacrifice we have to make. They took us to a new great room, where were very pretty ladies. They had beautiful dresses and jewelry on them and they were nurtured.
"Look, new slaves have arrived, there'il be nothing from them. Look how they are look like hahahaha " They seemed so pretentious, I wanted to hit them so hard. I just rolled my eyes and moved on.
"Will you tell them to shut up? "Daye hatun angryly asked Sumbul agha.
" Girls, calm down or I'll come up to you, let's go back to your room! "
"Who are they?" I asked Zumbul agha and Nigar Kalfa. "They're the sultan's favorites, and they were just slaves like you, but they got lucky because they were on halvet at the sultan's." "What is halvet?" Isabela asked Nigar. "That's when you get the chance to spend the night with the sultan, If she liked sultan she would receive various gifts from him and live in separate rooms."
"Is that sultan young and beautiful or is he an old man?"
"Quiet, enough questions for today!"
"Go get your nightgowns and sheets and go to sleep" I took my things and came to Katharina and went to bed.
"Good night, Elena." "Good night Katharina." I quickly went to sleep because I was tired.
The days in the harem went by fast. We'd get up early in the morning, clean up the room, have breakfast, After that, we'd go to class. Later, we cleaned the harem and helped the other slaves.We didn't have any problems other than the cheeky gaze of the sultan's favorites, which I vehemently ignored.
BulBul Agha, who taught us lessons, usually walked in the middle of the classroom, arms crossed, while the girls sat in a circle around him, holding notebooks in their hands to write down important lessons. - Remember! - Aga straightened up and raised his voice. - In the harem you are strictly forbidden to quarrel, gossip, steal or go out without permission. But certainly the biggest ban is on men. You're all the property of Sultan Bayazit.
"But, how you and other aga can talk to us?" we asked out loud. He just looked at us and said "That is enough for you to know this, quietly now, the hour is over! " he got out of there fast.
".Nigar, will you answer this to us because nothing is clear to us? "
" They are men but they are harem ages, "Nigar replied with a smile and showed us the scissors with her hands. We understood what she meant and we all laughed out loud.
" Enough, girls go back to the harem now. "
This was the first time since I came to the harem that I'd laughed and be happy like this.
YOU ARE READING
Mihrunisa Sultan
Fiksi Sejarah"When I first saw you I knew you were special because my dark night becomes a bright, sunny day when I am with you Mihrunisa."
