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Has he gone crazy?

How dare he come here?

Nurbanu. You're not hiding anything, right?

No. What can I hide?

Maybe it's that spy woman.

Maybe he found out about her.

I do not know. Maybe he treated it as an excuse.

I told you.

He wants to kill you.

We have to do something now.

Let's leave this place. Let's get out of here.

Go back to your room, be with the children!

For God's sake, Selim!

Let's run away from here while we still have time.

Let's go, please.

We will ask His Majesty for protection.

Nurbanu do what I tell you!

What happened, Sumbul? Why did we stop?

I do not know, Your Highness.

I'll find out soon.

What's going on?

-Your Highness, bad news! -What's the matter?

The messenger we sent, has returned.

Prince Bayezid assembled an army...

...and is marching on Prince Bayezid.

If he's telling the truth, the prince...

...must be close to Manisa.

We can leave the palace through the courtyard.

There is a cottage in the forest.

We can hide there until danger passes, then...

What are you talking about, Gazanfer?

I'm not going to run away and hide like a woman.

I did not mean that, Prince.

My prince.

Finally you're here, Mentor.

I just learned.

What did you do to make Bayezid so angry?

I'm not explaining myself to you!

Of course not prince.

I just wanted to know what's really going on.

Otherwise, how can I help you?

Do you want to help me?

In that case, you will face Bayezid.

Go and stop him.

Of course, I will try I will talk to him, but...

...do you think that a prince...

...who donned his armor will listen to me?

Mentor. Didn't he sent you here?

You are still his right hand man.

If something happens to me...

...Sultan Suleyman will make you pay first.

Make way!

Prince Bayezid!

My prince.

I don't intend to hurt the innocent.

I will send a message to Prince.

And he'll come here.

Atmaca.

Go and tell Prince Selim.

He should face me if he has any courage.

Otherwise, I will go to him.

As you command.

Prince, it's still not too late.

I am begging you, we should go--

Prince Bayezid would like to see Prince Selim.

He is waiting outside.

You...

What did you do, Tugrul Bey?

Why didn't you stop him?

Don't you know everyone will lose at the end?

You should blame Prince Selim.

If he did not try to kill the prince...

...none of this would happen.

Is this true?

He sent a spy to the palace.

The prince was poisoned.

If we did not arrive in time...

...we couldn't have saved him.

Later that woman confessed.

She was sent by Prince Selim and Sultana Nurbanu.

When the prince found out...

...naturally, we couldn't stop him.

My God!

We must find a way to convince him.

Otherwise, blood will be shed, Tugrul Bey, blood!

Why is there still no news?

Prince.

Maybe they did something bad to Atmaca.

Prince, Your Highness.

I heard what happened.

Prince Selim made a terrible mistake.

But...

...what you do now is also not right.

Don't end up being wrong when you're in the right.

You should return immediately.

There is no return, Mentor.

Today, he'll pay for everything.

And this account will be closed!

If all hell is going to break loose, then so be it.

I don't fear anyone from now on.

Oh God!

What is my prince doing?

Father.

What's going on, mother?

Why did Uncle Bayezid come?

Will he kill my father?

God forbid!

Prince Selim.

You did not expect me, did you?

What do you think you're doing, Bayezid?

What is your intention? To start a war?

You have slandered me about the Fake Mustafa rebellion...

...and you set His Majesty against me.

Then you wanted my wealth...

...and tried to steal my gold like a thief!

It was not enough.

You sent a serpent to my palace to my bed...

...and poisoned me.

You ordered that woman to kill me.

Don't you have any shame to ask me...

...why am I here?

What poison are you talking about?

For once be a man and admit your guilt.

Do not deny!

I've never ordered such a thing!

I will never!

It was you who tried to poison me.

You put poison on my table!

You fool!

Don't confuse me with yourself.

If I wanted to kill you...

...I'd personally kill you, just like now.

My princes! My princes, stop!

Stop, for God's sake, don't do this!

Here I am!

Fight with me like a prince.

Help us God!

Bayezid, this is my last warning.

Go back!

It's time for our swords to do the talking, Selim.

Make way!

Haseki Hurrem Sultana!!

What do you think you're doing?

Are you going to kill each other?

Will you shed your brother's...

...blood when His Majesty is still alive?

Who are you?!

Are you the princes of the Empire or bandits?

Mother.

It's not what it looks like.

Prince Selim tried to kill me like a coward.

He's lying mother!

Come to your senses!

You are the sons of Sultan Suleyman!

How can you behave like this?

-Mother? -Mother!

Is it true that you sent a dress to King Charles?

So you should know why.

He had not faced you for months.

He hid from you like a woman.

I'd want to see his face when he received your gift.

This is one of those stories that...

...will be passed down through the ages.

Seniora, I would like you to know.

I don't underestimate the power of women.

I witnessed many women being braver...

...and stronger than many men.

Like Sultana Hurrem?

I admire the sultana.

Just like all women on Earth.

Really?

She has a unique beauty.

Can't imagine her youth.

Also, her amazing intelligence.

The Emperor like you deserves such an empress.

I have prepared a house you, Signora.

If you need anything, send word...

...it'll be taken care of.

His Majesty came back from Edirne

I'm going to see him.

Thank God. He was there too long.

I will visit him as soon as possible.

Hatice Hatun!

Your Highness.

Call Pedro here immediately. Tell him to bring his ointment.

Rustem Pasha knows, right, Your Highness?

No, he will not know.

If somebody who likes her head doesn't tell him...

...nothing will happen.

As you command, Your Highness.

Sumbul.

Your Highness.

How are you?

I hope you're better.

What's going on, Alime Hatun?

What's wrong with me?

You could not stand to...

...see the princes like that, Your Highness.

It is because of stress and sadness.

Sumbul Agha is right, Your Highness.

It's because of stress.

You are not eating well, also.

I'll prepare a meal for the sultana.

Alime Hatun.

You can go if you're done.

I'll prepare you a syrup, Your Highness.

Do not tire yourself, you have to rest.

If something happens to mother...

...you will pay for it Selim.

You came to my gates with sword in hand!

You drag everyone to disaster!

You should have thought of that...

...before trying to kill me!

Princes, do not do it, please!

You have seen Sultana Hurrem.

Have some pity, I am begging you.

How is mother, physician?

She's regained conscious, Prince.

She's better now.

What's wrong with her? Why did she faint?

She was exhausted from traveling.

And when she saw you acting that way...

...it was too much for her.

With permission, I have to prepare medicine.

Sumbul.

Call my sons.

Your Highness, we shouldn't make haste.

You heard your physician, Alime Hatun.

You need to rest. Maybe sleep a little?

This is not the time to sleep.

God knows what would happen if we were late.

Call them at once.

As you command, Your Highness.

Mother?

Mother, you scared us.

I hope you're alright mother...

...are you in pain?

How can I be alright when I have such sons?

Look at yourself.

What would happen if I wasn't there in time?

Was I supposed to get a message...

...saying one of you is dead?

Did you want me to experience...

...the loss of a child again?

Mother. I did not want to grieve you but...

...Selim left me with no other option.

What do you mean?

First he tried to steal the gold...

...that Mihrimah sent me.

I warned him...

...but he couldn't understand it.

He sent a spy to my palace.

That spy tried to poison me.

Selim?

Is it true?

It's all lies mother.

He was the one trying to poison me.

Fear God, Selim!

Lying wasn't enough already...

...now you slander me!

Selim.

Wait outside.

-Mother. -Selim!

I do not understand, Your Highness.

How did this rash come back?

You use the medicine, right?

Of course.

Aren't you going to cure the Sultana?

Apparently the ointment will not help.

There are other treatments.

Like what?

We can try leeches.

Leeches suck pus and contaminated blood.

We can also smear mud.

Leeches or mud?

I prefer to leave it as it is.

There is one more way.

But I do not know if you'll agree.

Tell me first.

We'll learn if I'll agree or not.

He sent a concubine to my palace.

The woman admitted everything.

Selim ordered her to poison my food.

I almost died mother.

You know what happened next.

This...

This can't be true.

Selim would not do something like that.

He wouldn't want that gold either.

And he would never order you to be killed.

He does not want you to die

I haven't even told you everything, mother.

Ask Lokman Agha.

The whole harem is my witness.

Maybe...

Maybe...

My enemies might have set you up.

They want to pit you against each other.

Only one person is my enemy, mother.

We will forget all this, Bayezid.

This hostility is to end.

It is impossible.

What do you mean?

Before I came here, I wrote a letter...

...to His Majesty, explaining everything.

I told him, I'd punish Selim personally.

Bayezid...

What have you done?

If His Majesty hears about this...

...it will be a disaster for both of you.

Don't you know?

His majesty's wrath will destroy everything!

I came here, risking everything, mother.

Everything.

Are you okay, mother?

Sultana Hurrem will not let this go.

I hope I won't get the blame.

Get out!

What have you done Nurbanu?

Did you lie to me?

What are you talking about?

The spy in Kutahya has poisoned Bayezid!

You did this, right?

I stopped you, told you not do it...

...but you did it anyways!

You openly lied to me!

You looked into my eyes and lied.

-Selim... -Shut up!

You won't get involved with this anymore!!

If you utter a single word, I'll kill you myself!

Come in!

Prince...

Sultana Hurrem is expecting you.

Woman.

For God's sake.

Tell me something good. Give me hope.

I've seen similar patients, Sumbul Agha.

Unfortunately, the Sultana's days are numbered.

We can not hide it any more.

She must learn the truth.

Don't do it! The Sultana has already enough problems.

And if this news spread, things will get messy!

Let's wait first, then...

...we'll think of a way, God willing.

Is Bayezid telling the truth?

He slanders me, do not believe him.

He was the one trying to poison me.

I almost died but Nurbanu saved me.

Then why did he come here?

Why did he draw his sword against you?

There is only one explanation.

Bayezid can not stand the thought that...

...His Majesty sees me as his successor.

He found a way.

He'd get rid of me and...

...become the only heir to the throne.

So everything he said was a lie, right?

What about the theft of gold that Mihrimah sent?

Is it also a lie?

Apparently, my words mean nothing to you, mother.

After all he's your favorite prince.

His word is enough.

This is not the first time.

This is not the first time, Selim.

You were plotting with Ahmet Pasha before...

...and lied to my face.

I have not forgotten about it.

The concubine you sent...

...to Kutahya admitted everything.

Do not lie anymore.

Mother.

That's enough.

That's enough.

Even when you are lying...

...your eyes are shouting the truth.

What a pity.

When did you become like this?

What a pity.

Leave me alone.

How does Mihrimah feel?

Better, Your Majesty.

She sends her respects to you.

She will pay you a visit soon.

That's good.

I heard you came back with Gracia Mendes.

It seems that you value her.

You offered her a residence in Galata...

...and gave her commercial rights.

I would like to personally take care...

...of such a valued person.

Sokollu takes care of her, Rustem.

Gracia Mendes is an experienced merchant.

It's true I value her.

I hope that we will use her experience.

She'll be an addition to the Empire's wealth.

You know what's best, Your Majesty.

You both disappointed me.

I sent you to protect my sons and...

...stop them from doing stupid things.

But you're clueless!

Only God knows what I would...

...see if I was a moment late.

Your Highness, forgive me.

I tried to calm Prince Bayezid.

But it was impossible.

You know the nature of our prince.

I also did everything I could, Your Highness.

The Prince's Mentor sent you a letter already.

You shouldn't talk at all!

I told you to get rid of Nurbanu when I sent you.

You could not even do that.

You ruined everything!

Don't think I forgot about that.

Your Highness.

Do you know about the letter that...

...Prince Bayezid wrote to His Majesty?

Yes.

I begged him.

I told him not to do it...

...but the prince wouldn't listen, Your Highness.

Then why didn't you prevent the letter...

...from reaching the capital?

Prince has a very short leash on us, Your Highness.

If we stopped the letter, he would...

...surely find out and send another one.

Instead, I thought of something else.

I sent word to Sokullu Mehmed Pasha.

I told him the prince's letter...

...must not reach His Majesty.

He'll do what's necessary.

What have you done, Agha?

I wish you informed Rustem Pasha.

I didn't inform him on purpose.

Rustem would take sides and present the...

...letter personally to His Majesty.

What if Sokollu can't manage?

What if His Majesty gets the letter?

Pasha.

Signora Gracia Mendes.

Grand Vizier Rustem Pasha.

Rustem pasha, Your Grace.

Finally we meet.

Your reputation precedes you...

...even on distant lands.

It is normal as I'm the Grandvizier to...

...the most powerful ruler on Earth.

I was explaining Mendes Senora about our...

...trade laws for her commercial activities.

Signora Mendes.

Your Grace.

I am honored to be able to meet you.

If it's appropriate for you...

...I'd like an audience, some time.

Is the Pasha always like that?

Angry?

I do not like this woman at all.

His Majesty accepted her asylum demand.

I want to know everything that she does.

Keep an eye on her.

Your Highness.

Mentor Mustafa.

Thanks to you, we're saved from a big disaster.

Although the danger still looms.

Prince Bayezid wrote a letter to...

...His Majesty explaining everything.

I hope that letter does not reach His Majesty.

I hope so, Your Highness.

Lokman Agha told me everything.

Mehmet Pasha is a wise vizier.

He will do everything he can.

Mentor.

All the things Prince Selim is accused of...

...are they true?

I interrogated everyone in the palace, Your Highness.

The one who put this idea in the Prince's mind--

Nurbanu!

She sent a concubine to the palace in Kutahya.

It is not difficult to guess that it was...

...she who ordered to kill Prince Bayezid.

Unfortunately, I put that snake...

...in my son's bed myself.

And my son can't stop that snake!

This is the worst part!

Your Highness, please calm down.

Think about your health.

I couldn't ask about your health...

...after all that has happened.

I hope it's nothing serious.

I'm fine, Mentor.

I was just depressed out of sorrow, that's it.

The time has come for you to pay, Nurbanu.

Sultana Hurrem is expecting you.

Your Highness, you called me.

They wanted to see you.

As they missed you so much.

Sumbul.

Have them escort Prince Murat and my...

...sultanas to their rooms.

As you command.

We'll catch up later.

Your Highness.

I do not know what you think.

But I'm innocent.

If I made a mistake, it was unintentionally.

Please forgive me.

Your Highness.

I am begging you for my children's sake.

Believe me, I'm blameless.

Every time, you crossed the line further.

You bogged down in the swamp...

...with every step you took.

But you save your skin every time.

However woman...

...there's no forgiveness...

...for what you did this time.

Your Highness, I'm begging you, do not do it.

Even the biggest enemy could not...

...hurt you as much as you hurt yourself.

You have prepared your own doom.

You gave yourself a death sentence.

My prince.

Sultana Hurrem summoned Sultana Nurbanu.

It does not look good.

Please, do not do this, Your Highness.

Don't waste your tears.

It won't do you any good now.

What's going on, mother?

Do not even try to defend her against me.

Nurbanu, go back to your room.

Mother.

She is behind everything.

She's the demon who boggles your mind.

She has crossed the line long ago.

There is only one reason for this, mother.

She is trying to secure her children's future, too.

You should know best...

...what it can make a mother do.

Do not compare me to that viper!

She will pay for everything she did with her life!

I can't allow it, mother.

She's the mother of my four children..

She won't go unpunished!

Of course.

I'll do what's necessary. I promise you.

Now excuse me.

Suleyman.

The sultan of my heart.

My powerful ruler.

Will your unfortunate slave...

...get a chance to see you again?

I wish to be with you once more.

Then I'll be the happiest person in the world.

My only fear is that I will be forgotten by you.

If this fear turns to reality and...

...I'm to be banished from your heart.

I will wither away slowly like...

...a tree without water.

What are you doing, woman?

I measured the boil, Your Highness.

I will record it to the notebook.

I need to check if they are growing or shrinking.

If it grows...

...I will have to change your medication.

I hope you're not in pain, Your Highness.

Not now.

But I'm weak.

Like there's a horrible monster inside me.

Slowly draining my power.

I'm so tired.

Sumbul Agha?

What's wrong with you?

You look so sad.

Is there anything you're not telling me about?

Get out.

Leave me alone.

Go on.

The Sultana's condition is bad.

She has an incurable disease.

It's such a disease that...

...I've never heard anyone surviving it.

I am confused by the...

...sudden visit of Sultana Hurrem.

What if Lokman Agha told her?

Mentor Mustafa.

He's a cautious man. He probably became...

...suspicious about Selim and informed my mother.

Has more experience and knowledge...

...then anyone in this palace.

Perhaps his new duty swayed Mentor's mind?

He's grumpy and has a sharp tongue but...

...Mentor Mustafa represents His Majesty's will.

He's loyal to my mother too.

I do not see any reason to be suspicious of him.

When your letter reaches His Majesty...

...everyone will be harmed by it.

Sultana Hurrem will want to cover...

...up her son's mistakes, being a mother.

When will Bayezid return to his province?

Sultana Hurrem asked him to stay a little longer.

She clearly waits for Prince Bayezid to cool down.

After the waters calm...

...she'll try to reconcile you two.

How will that be, Mentor?

His Majesty will learn everything sooner or later.

That letter will be delivered to His Majesty.

It won't be delivered, prince.

It's impossible.

How can you be so sure, Mentor?

A good statesman has eyes and ears everywhere.

He should have some information on everything.

But without strong instinct, it is useless.

I can not deny, you saved me from...

...great trouble calling my mother here.

I know, however, that...

...you are very loyal to Prince Bayezid.

Mentor.

I want you to forget about the...

...past and end your loyalty to him.

Your eyes and ears should work for me.

I wholeheartedly wish for a strong...

...Mentor like you to support me.

You honor me, prince.

But do not expect me to choose...

...between you and Prince Bayezid.

It is my duty to be neutral between you two.

Excuse me.

Prince.

What if he reveals your offer?

We can not trust Mentor Mustafa.

We don't have to trust him, Gazanfer.

I just need him to work for me.

Like all our subjects...

...his priority is his own gain.

If the Mentor sees his own gain in my future...

If I can convince him...

...then things will change.

Come in.

Pasha, the letter you were expecting arrived.

Good job, Ismail Agha.

You're as good as Lokman Agha told me.

If this letter reached His Majesty...

...Prince Selim would be doomed.

Your Grace.

What happened, Zal?

Do you have any information about Gracia Mendes?

Prince Bayezid sent a letter to His Majesty.

The messenger delivered it to Sokollu...

...Mehmet Pasha instead of His Majesty.

What are you saying, Zal?

What insolence!

So salty water will heal me, right?

It will cure me.

Do you know about the...

...illness of sadness, Your Highness?

It forms in the bile.

If his bile is diseased, sadness will take hold.

The soul and the body are one.

If someone has a sick body, he also has a sick soul.

If the soul suffers, the body also suffers.

That's what happened to you, Your Highness.

Perhaps these red, blistering wounds...

...tell you something.

You brought me to the sea.

I hope I will not catch another disease.

The water is healing, Sultana.

Clean air, sunlight.

You miss both of these things.

You are a princess imprisoned...

...in a fortress by a dragon.

Not a princess - a sultana.

Who do you call a dragon?

You know very well who I'm talking about.

Your Highness, you'll catch a cold...

...we've been here long.

You're right. We should go back.

Where is the letter?

What letter are you talking about, Your Grace?

About the letter sent by Prince Bayezid, Sokollu.

Where is it?

I'm not aware of any letter, Your Grace.

Why should it be here?

Do you really think that you can hide...

...something from me in this palace?

Whatever you're hiding, I'll find out.

You better pray it won't make me mad, Sokollu.

Thank God, we did not receive news from the capital.

Sokollu must have dealt with Bayezid's letter.

All thanks to Lokman Agha.

He did a good job.

For now on we all must be very careful.

Bayezid.

Mother.

From now on, I don't want Lokman Agha with me.

He prevented me from delivering my letter.

I can't keep such a person by my side.

Sit, my lion. Calm down.

Bayezid.

Lokman did the right thing.

That letter would harm you first.

Selim would deny everything.

But you marched to your...

...brother's province with an army.

You can neither justify nor deny it.

No matter what you did...

...you're both part of me.

I only pray that...

...I will not lose another child.

My heart and strength are with you.

However.

Never expect me to do something...

...that might cost Selim his life.

Ever.

In that case...

...let me go back to my province, mother.

Before you leave, you will talk to Selim.

We will settle this amicably.

Mother?

It's all right. Calm down.

How is Signora Mendes doing?

She's moved into her estate, Your Majesty.

She is very grateful.

She began trading without wasting any time.

Her ships will be here in a few days.

Good.

Your Majesty.

My Mihrimah.

My moon, my sun.

Humasah.

My beautiful girl.

We missed you so much, Your Majesty.

Seeing your smiling face pleases my soul.

I hope you have completely recovered.

From time to time, the disease returns.

Thank God, Mehmed Pasha's...

...physician Pedro takes care of me.

I'm regaining my health.

Good.

Your Majesty.

If you will let me, I'd like to give...

...Pedro to the Sultana as a gift.

He can be a physician under the sultana's command.

It is appropriate.

Didn't I tell you not to leave your room?

Selim, please do not do this.

Don't be fooled by our enemies.

Would I ever harm you?

I just want to protect you and our children.

Nurbanu, go back to your room.

If so...

If you're going to punish me, do it already.

Kill me if you want, I accept it.

Just don't leave me without you.

Don't punish me with your absence.

Nurbanu, go back to your room.

Prince, instead of coming here...

...if you went straight to His Majesty...

...Prince Selim would never get away with this.

Don't you know Mentor?

Selim would deny everything and His Majesty...

...would believe him, not me, as always.

What I really worry about, is my mother.

The physician said it was nothing serious.

But she's not well at all.

Investigate it.

As you command, Prince.

Pasha.

What's going on?

I was worried when you called me so suddenly.

You're not my physician anymore, Pedro.

Did you...

Did you free me?

Free you, you say?

I gave you as a gift.

Pasha, did I make a mistake?

And who did you give me as a gift?

Your Highness.

Senior Pedro will serve you from now on.

Thank you Mehmet Pasha, appreciated.

Senior Pedro.

You are now my personal physician.

What?

You are not happy?

Your Highness.

I have always been honest with you.

I am not happy to bought and sold...

...given to someone as a gift.

But being with you...

...to be close to you, is my greatest desire.

At least I got rid of Sokollu Mehmet Pasha.

Are you sure?

Sokollu gave him personally, Your Grace.

"A dog who has a death wish...

...pees on the mosque wall"

Your Highness.

He's Mehmed Pasha's gift to me.

He's to be my personal physician.

Start the procedures.

How is it possible, Your Highness?

Rustem Pasha will go crazy when he finds out.

His Majesty is aware of the situation.

Show Pedro his room and...

...don't interfere with the rest.

We'll allocate a dock at the ports for your ships.

They'll wait at the open sea for a...

...few days, then they'll enter the port.

I would prefer them to enter the port...

...as soon as possible.

You know what they say.

Time is money.

I don't have time to lose, pasha.

Please.

Just this once, have it your way.

You've done me a favor.

I'm grateful.

Grand Vizier, I was about to visit you.

Later, Signora.

Get out.

You...

What do you think you are doing, Sokollu?

Why did you give that trickster slave to my wife?

His Majesty considered it appropriate, Your Grace.

I do not understand what the problem is.

He's tending to the sultana for some time already.

You know I don't want that man in my palace, Sokullu.

You did it deliberately!

I gifted him, thinking he'd...

..be good use to the sultana.

Both the sultana and His Majesty...

...are very pleased with my gift.

You hide behind His Majesty...

...and the sultana every time.

But it won't last forever.

It can not.

You're treading on dangerous waters, Sokollu.

I'll create such a storm...

...you won't find one safe harbor.

Open the door!

That was not good at all.

We should be closer to Rustem Pasha.

Because of his hatred for Mehmed Pasha...

...I'm caught in between.

Do not be sad Signora.

I got some good news for you.

Your ships are about to...

...dock at the Port of Istanbul.

If you need anything let me know, Senior Pedro.

I have not eaten anything since morning.

It would be nice if I got some fruit and bread.

Very nice room.

Your Highness!

Your Highness, help!

Who sent you here? Why did you came?

Speak!

Your Grace, Sokollu Pasha gifted me.

He is next. I will destroy both of you.

Rustem! Rustem, stop!

You should not have done this, Mihrimah.

You should not let Sokullu do this.

Rustem don't! Rustem don't!

I free him, I free him!

I free him. I free him.

So you freed him, huh?

He is a free man now.

If you hurt him, I will inform the judge.

You will be judged like a mere criminal.

If you kill him...

...you will never escape His Majesty's wrath.

If he is a free man...

...he can not live here according to law.

Guards!

Take this dog out.

He will leave the capital at once!

According to what I learned...

...that is the girl you're looking for.

Defne Hatun's sister, Anna.

She looks like her big sister.

I will never forgive Selim, Lokman.

Especially for using an innocent...

...child and a powerless woman.

No war and no purpose can justify such villainy.

Defne!

Defne!

I want to see Defne.

Open the door. That's an order!

The Sultana loves her as her own mother.

The poor innocent child will be an orphan again.

Open the door! Defne!

Defne!

You can't, Your Highness.

Prince Bayezid would not let her see anyone.

Why doesn't father allow it?

What did she do?

I can not tell you, Your Highness.

Take the Sultana to her room.

Gulsen Kalfa?

Can't I see Sultana Ayse? Isn't there a way?

Are you kidding me?

You live only because you are pregnant...

...do not forget that.

Gulsen Kalfa, I've told you many times.

I did it to protect my sister's life.

I had to.

Good job!

What did you gain by trying to poison the prince?

That Nurbanu witch must have killed your...

...sister long ago, to not leave evidence.

How could you accept that devil as a present?

Don't you know I'd never allow this?

Look at me! Look at my face!

Look at my face!

I have always been faithful to you.

Your one word meant everything to me.

But you ignored me every time.

Many times, you've forgotten...

...that I'm your husband.

Mihrimah.

Now everything has changed.

Everything.

With this document of freedom.

I free my love for you.

Today is the day my love and...

...weakness for you have ended.

From now on.

Our marriage is just a contract.

Never do something that will humiliate me.

Otherwise, I will destroy your reputation

I would do it even if it will cost me my head.

You should know that.

Give this to that dog Pedro.

He's to leave the capital with the first ship.

Senior.

Rustem Pasha sent this.

So I'm now free with this document?

Rustem Pasha said that you should...

...leave the capital immediately.

It is smaller, Your Highness.

It seems that it's healing.

Thank God.

I knew, it's because of stress and sorrow.

Enter.

Your Highness.

I brought you milk.

Give me, Sumbul.

The boil has shrank.

Just as I thought, it's not serious.

Thank God, Your Highness.

I will prepare a medicine.

The boil will shrink.

She might even think she's recovering.

But it won't last long, Sumbul.

Your Highness.

Now there is only one thing disturbing my mind.

My princes.

If I can end the hostility between them...

...I'll leave here with peace.

I hope, Your Highness.

I hope.

Mentor Mustafa?

Halime.

What is Sultana Hurrem suffering from?

I hope it's nothing serious.

The Sultana is quite well.

A boil appeared on her body.

An ordinary boil. That's it.

Nothing important.

In that case...

...why do you take it so seriously?

You even drawn the boil's shape.

You wrote many pages about...

...the sultana's condition.

It is clear that you are hiding something.

-I-- -It seems...

You have been silenced.

Do not worry.

I will not tell anyone.

Look at me, woman.

In this palace, I represent His Majesty.

If His Majesty learns that you...

...are hiding something from him.

You will pay for it first.

Mentor, I...

Sumbul Agha asked me to hide it.

Even the Sultana herself does not know about it.

The Sultana is terminally ill.

She doesn't have much time.

My prince.

I was going to call you, Mentor.

Did you find out what's happening to my mother?

Thank God, it's nothing serious.

I talked to the physician.

The Sultana is alright.

She fell out of strength...

...over the latest incidents.

You relieved me with this.

There is a distance between us now.

You are with Selim now.

I'm sure he tried to sway you.

But I completely trust you.

I'm not wrong, am I Mentor?

I can trust you?

You should not doubt it, my prince.

That's good.

I ignored you. I know

I did not listen to your advice.

But from now on...

...I will draw more from your experience.

I do not want to overstep...

...my boundaries, Your Highness.

But it was obvious that...

...Rustem Pasha wouldn't keep him here.

Thank God that Sultana Hurrem is not here.

What would she do if she heard?

For years I have lived as my mother wanted.

I married the man he wanted.

I endured with Rustem because of her and Bayezid.

I wanted to divorce him.

I was not taken seriously.

After all these years, for once...

...I talked to someone whom I wanted.

I'm not expecting anything.

I just wanted him to be close to me.

Where is the bad in that?

Enter.

Mother.

Sit down.

Mother, I wish there's a way to erase the...

...memory of what happened when you arrived.

I wish Selim.

I wish.

His Majesty does not need to know about...

...this unpleasant incident, right?

It's not possible to approve...

...what you and Bayezid did.

But you're right.

His Majesty will not know what happened.

But...

From now on...

You'll do everything I tell you.

You won't act on your own.

Enter.

I understand why you called me, mother.

I'd better go, mother.

That's enough.

Sit down.

Do not test my patience.

I am sick and tired of your hostility.

Selim.

You'll ask Bayezid for forgiveness.

I did not do anything to ask for forgiveness.

But I will do it because of you.

Your hypocrisy is endless Selim.

You're wasting your breath, mother.

I'm trying to do my best my mother. As you can...

...see however, Bayezid does not want to change.

Enough!

Shut up and listen to me.

Get a grip.

If my name is Hurrem, you will have peace tonight.

Do not light the torches, someone can see us.

Hide them.

Living in peace is possible.

Many enemies eventually become friends.

And you are brothers.

Mother. I understand you.

I understand very well.

However once you lose trust in someone...

...it is very difficult to restore it.

Nevertheless.

For your sake, I'll put up with what Selim did.

But if he does not behave, only God can stop me.

Your brother will not make mistakes anymore.

I assure you.

There is one more thing.

The spy who was sent to Kutahya...

...by Selim, has a sister here.

She will also go with me.

What is your aim?

The woman will be executed as...

...soon as she gives birth, right?

I do not intend to spare her...

...but that poor girl is a victim.

She did it to save her sister.

She deserves to spend her...

...final days with her sister.

And we all know what'll happen if she stays here.

So the child will come with me.

Now excuse me.

Bayezid and his mercy.

Pull yourself together.

Do what he asks for.

Send that child.

Mother, I will be a worthy son for you.

But if Bayezid tries to undermine me...

...then things will change.

I have no doubts about Bayezid.

He will behave.

You just control your demons within.

And send away that demon in the harem!

Welcome brothers and sisters.

From now on you will not be enslaved.

There is no Pope or the Inquisition here.

You are free and safe in the...

...lands of the Ottoman Empire.

Thank you Signora. God bless you.

Be careful, my lion.

Every wrong step you take...

...will harm you, not Selim.

Selim.

Do not forget about what I told you.

I will not forgive you next time.

Finally she leaves.

Now the prince will be free from her influence.

Do not be so sure, Your Highness.

Why did His Majesty call us both, Signora?

I don't know, pasha.

Your Grace.

Sokollu.

-Signora. -Your Grace.

Enter.

Mehmet Pasha, do you know what happened?

Forgive me, Your Majesty.

I do not understand what you mean.

Signora Mendes brings her fellow believers...

...to our lands without my permission.

Instead of goods, she transports people.

I didn't know, Your Majesty.

Signora, what have you done?

Your Majesty, Sultan Suleyman.

Please let me explain.

Speak Seniora. That's why I called you.

I hope you have a valid reason.

Your Highness, please forgive me.

The lives of hundreds of innocent children...

...women and men were at risk.

Your great ancestors have always welcomed...

...Jews fleeing from the Christians.

I was sure you would do the same.

That's why I did it.

I give myself to the heart of the Great Turk.

People of your religion have found shelter here.

I told them that they were my subjects.

And I warned the Pope about...

...reimbursing and freeing the Jews.

Unfortunately, my fellow believers...

...weren't imprisoned for being Jewish.

They were imprisoned because...

...they're converts from Christianity.

They were exiled to Malta to be galley-slaves

24 people have been tied to stakes and burned.

Christianity means death for us.

The only safe area for us is your land, Your Majesty.

I found out about this when they set off.

I was afraid you might send them back.

I was afraid of the death that awaits them.

How can the Pope dare to do this?

He wants me to destroy his palace?

It's a big offense that you did not...

...inform me on this, Signora.

When I was so generous towards you..

Forgive me, Your Majesty. Forgive me.

I accept any punishment you might give.

If you send them away, I will also go with them.

You should know, if we return our fate is sealed.

The angel of death will be waiting for us.

Your Highness?

-Ah Sumbul! -Your Highness!

Your Majesty, are you sure of your...

...decision regarding Seniora Mendes?

What she did is unacceptable.

Signora made a mistake...

...but we will not send the Jews back, Rustem.

On the contrary, we'll contact the Pope...

...about the imprisoned Jews in Venice.

If he does not listen to me, he'll regret it.

In my lands, Jews will have their faith...

...and they'll speak their own language.

Forgive my insolence, Your Majesty.

But this will cause dire...

...consequences in the future.

These Jews may cause disturbances.

They might upset the balance of the Empire.

What do you think about these flowers, Rustem?

Colorful. They are god's gift to people.

You can take them.

What do you think now?

Before it looked much better.

God likes diversity, Rustem.

Otherwise, he would have created only one flower.

Only one bird.

Only one human.

But you see...

...we are all different.

This table was beautiful just now.

As all the flowers in my garden were here.

In my lands, ignoring the...

...differences between religion and language...

...Christians, Muslims and Jews...

...must live in peace and happiness.

Just like these flowers.

Harmony and diversity are the greatest wealth.

Your Highness.

Sumbul.

Why are you crying?

I feel like I was a little girl yesterday.

As if I grew up in a day.

The flower blossomed and now it withers.

The sun became cold.

The colors faded.

All wars ended.

The fights are over.

Longings are over.

So are reunions.

All ambitions disappeared when...

...its name was called.

So did the shiniest crowns in the world.

Everything that can't be shared...

...causing jealousy and suffering...

...it all went silent.

All meaning was lost when its name was called.

Death opened in front of me like a black door.

Death.

It is calling my name now.

My prince.

My decision has not changed.

When you give birth to my child...

...you will be executed.

My life does not matter anymore, Prince.

At least you will not die for nothing.

Your sister is safe now.

Guards.

-Sister! -Anna!

My beautiful sister!

Let me look at you.

My prince.

Thank God you're finally here.

I did not forgive you, Nurbanu.

I informed His Majesty about...

...Murad coming of age for a province.

He agreed.

He appointed Murad as Aydin's governor.

You will go with Murad to Aydin.

Prince, do not send me there.

They will kill me there!

Nurbanu, mother asked for your head.

I saved you this way.

It's not right for you to stay...

...with me after what happened.

I hope this will be good for everyone.

Is there a problem, Mentor?

Prince...

There is an important matter that...

...I would like to talk to you about.

Wait for me here, Gazanfer.

Yes, Mentor. I'm listening to you.

Prince.

You asked me to forget about the past...

...and cut my ties with Prince Bayezid.

Yes.

My offer is still valid.

If you stand by my side...

...you will be rewarded handsomely.

I gave it a good though, prince.

It is not easy to cut ties...

...with Prince Bayezid.

But it's not impossible.

Recent events have...

...forced me to think again.

From now on, my eyes will see for you...

...my ears will hear for you, prince.

If God wills it, I'll do my best...

...for you to take the throne.

You made a good decision, Mentor.

If I ever sit on the throne...

...you will be with me.

What are you doing, Sumbul?

Pull yourself together.

I do not believe Alime Hatun.

There must be a cure.

Can you count how many times I've cheated death?

How many times have they tried to poison me?

I'm Sultana Hurrem.

I'm going to beat this damned disease.

Of course you can, Your Highness.

As long as you stay strong...

...death will shiver before you.

Like a candle, I was burned with...

...the fire of love last night.

A smoke came out of my head and sighed.

It wept, cried until night turned into morning.

Apparently the candle heard my deep regret.

As long as the fire of love is burning...

...the heart is happy.

The candle, however, is...

...happy because of his own ruin.

My moon face, enlighten the ruin of my heart.

As candles can be found in ruins.

No, do not deny it, oh pious one...

...your beard will burn.

God lights a candle in the breasts of lovers.

They saw Muhibbi's tongue burning with love.

They said it's strange, the candle...

...and the wind becoming friends.

Your Majesty.

Speak.

Talk, Sumbul.

Your Majesty.

Sultana Hurrem does not want...

...anyone to know about it but...

...I can not carry this burden any longer.

You can find the cure and the remedy.

Help us, we need your aid.

The Sultana suffers from an incurable disease.