THE VALIDE SULTAN| MAGNIFICENT CENTURY|

CHAPTER 04

"Sultanim" A small whisper made Gevheri jump awake. She has not slept deeply in many years, ever since Beyazid was born. Gevheri sat up and looked at the person who woke her up, it was one of the maids sworn loyal to her.

"What is the matter, Ayse?" Gevheri asked she was worried something bad had happened. Gevheri sat up on her bed feeling very stressed as the seconds passed in silence.

"Aygül Hatun is giving birth" Ayse responded. Gevheri recognized the name as the favorite of Mahmud. Gevheri pushed her covers off of her body and slid off the bed feeling all sleep leave her eyes, she felt restless now.

"When did it begin?" Gevheri questioned sliding her feet into her shoes. Gevheri pushed herself off the bed, she did not want a son to be born for several reasons and one of them was that she did not want to have a child's blood on her hands when the time comes.

"Very early in the night however we were not able to find out about it because Cihan Sultan is keeping all information a secret and is not letting anyone into the room except trusted members of her household"

Gevheri huffed annoyed at the information. She immediately changed her clothes and made her way to Beyazid's room. He should be alone at this hour and asleep. Of course, he spent nights with his harem but none were without her consent.

"Inform his majesty that I must speak to him urgently" Gevheri ordered the guard. He bowed and moved towards the doors of the chamber. Gevheri could see the fear in his eyes over disturbing the sultan. He returned minutes later and bowed to her again.

"Welcome in, Sultanim" Gevheri did not wait for the guard to finish and made her way into the Sultan's chamber. Beyazid was standing by the foot of his bed wearing his sleeping clothes with a robe on top. His eyes were red still and a yawn ticking his throat.

"What is it, Validam?" Beyazid asked worriedly. Any person would be worried by a visit past midnight and so urgent.

"Aygül Hatun went into labor" Gevheri responded. Beyazid, of course, did not intervene in harems that were not his, that was illegal anyways but he knew who Aygül was, his mother has spoken about her previously.

"What do you want me to do?" Beyazid asked. All sleep left his eyes and the yawn was swallowed in worry. Gevheri looked out of the window at the clear sky not knowing what to do herself.

"I think it would best for us to wait and see what she has, there is a possibility that she will have a girl like Mustafa did" Gevheri moved to sit on the sofa. Beyazid rubbed his face feeling stressed, Gevheri may not join council meetings but she knew that they were on the brink of war against the Hungarians.

"Come, son, sit beside me" Gevheri patted the space beside her. Beyazid felt like a child all over again when his mother beckoned him in such a manner. He moved and say down beside his mother obediently, he was a man and had his own personality and he would stand in the face of injustice whoever it came from even his own mother.

"I would never cause you to sin and a child will not be harmed" Gevheri taught all her children to be religious like her and children she would never make them kill. Beyazid smiled relieved and pulled his mother's hand up to kiss her knuckles. The doors opened beside the duo and Jawhar stepped into the room also in his sleeping clothes.

"Any news?" Beyazid questioned. Jawhar gulped a little and nodded. Gevheri gave him a signal to speak after if of the answer.

"Twins, a boy, and a girl, however, the little Sehzade was stillborn. We have a healthy beautiful sultana" Jawhar responded. Gevheri felt horrible, she remembered when she went through a similar situation before Sahihuban was born, she was pregnant and had the baby two months too early and he was stillborn as well.