Living a normal life was now impossible to Lily after being kidnapped by the tatters. She was stolen off of the boat that was supposed to take her to England to study from the White Sea after visiting her family that lived in Egypt because of her fa...
"I cannot understand how Ismail can do this," Mihrimah spoke with a shake of the head. She was sitting with Ayșe alone in Ayșe's palace; she had decided to visit her the next day.
Mihrimah noticed the day before that Ayșe was not feeling well; she had swayed several times, indicating that she was dizzy. Mihrimah grew very worried. Mihrimah and Ayșe's relationship was good when they were young, and then it grew tense in their teenage years, but as adults, married women, and mothers, their relationship grew stronger. Mihrimah knew what Qamar Sultan did, which led to Hürrem Sultan's death. Had Mihrimah known from the beginning, she and Qamar would be enemies, but she found out when she was almost an adult, from Șahihuban Sultan, when she tried to cause a rift but failed, because by then Mihrimah had been raised by Qamar almost more than Hürrem; she saw how much Qamar loved them truly; she knew Qamar did it out of desperation for her sisters.
"I do not understand either. How dare he? She is a Sultana," Ayșe shook her head. Ayșe took a sip of her juice as she shook her head lightly. Her free hand fixed her light blue dress; she was gifted this dress by Rüstem recently, after he was made a Grand vizier. He said, 'You are my soul; when good things happen to me, I will show my happiness through you.'
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"Are you alright, Ayșe? You seemed ill yesterday." Mihrimah asked, and she placed her own cup on the table beside her. Mihrimah looked worriedly at Ayșe. Ayșe looked conflicted for a second before she made up her mind and placed her cup to the side as well and turned to Mihrimah.
"You got a place for a secret?" Ayșe asked, whispering. Ayșe looked up, making sure only her close maid, Safiye, was standing near; she turned back to Mihrimah with a huge grin on her face.
"I am pregnant; only Rüstem and I know." Ayșe grinned happily. It has been five years since Ayșe had the twins, only a couple of days after Mihrimah had Ayșe Hümașah. Mihrimah's eyes sparkled, and a grin grew on her face as well.
"Me too," Mihrimah whispered. Ayșe gasped, leaning back with a hand on her mouth. Mihrimah laughed lightly at her sister's reaction. The best surprise was that the sisters could go through it together yet again.
"I guess we will have our children at the same time every time." Mihrimah joked. The two sisters embraced with a laugh.
"Why have you not told Mother Qamar?" Mihrimah asked curiously. The sisters pulled away from each other as the moment slowly turned back to normal, but the sisters both had huge smiles on their faces.
"I wanted to yesterday, but you saw what happened with Beyhan. What about you?" Ayșe asked back.
"I found out last night," Mihrimah answered with a smile. She remembered how she surprised Bali Bey with a dinner and told him, while they ate, that he had been very happy with the news.
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Qamar sighed tiredly; her head was about to explode. Every bad thing decided to happen all at once. Murad's concubine was disrespected, Beyhan was cheated on, Mahidevran came to the palace, and Fatma Sultan also came. She wanted them all to leave and for good times to return, but she could barely remember a time when there was a good time in one go.
