5th Chapter

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We came to Summer Gardens where Hanzade Mehmed Giray awaited with us, together with his brother Hanzade Sahin Giray.

It was obvious my sister fell in love with Mehmed, and as I could see, he is in love with her also. But their marriage was impossible.

Ottoman Sultana could marry only to one of viziers and high ranked political figures of Ottoman Empire.

- Sultanas, its our pleasure you accepted our call. - Mehmed Giray said as he was looking at Fahriye.

Fahriye blushed at his word, and gave him the widest possible smile.

- I would like to talk to you privatley, Ismihan will you stay here? - Fahriye turned to me and looked at me.

- I will. - I said to her and gave her a smile. Even though their love was impossible, I wanted my sister to be happy.

- Don't worry, I will make copmany to Sultana while you are absent. - Şahin Giray said as he measured me.

Fahriye walked away with Mehmed, while I had to stay with Şahin. He was really intrigant man. Something gave me weird vibration while I was in his closenes.

- How could a beautiful and young Sultana like you survive with that traitor Yavuz Ali-paşa? - Şahin asked me directly, which was pretty weird. He also called my husband a traitor, but in the deepness of my soul I also knew he is a traitor.

- It is not us who should talk about my husband. I am not here to talk bad of him. - I said to him because I didn't know if I can trust him. I always listened to my Valide who said to me to never show my weakness in front of other people.

- It is easy to see you don't enjoy that marriage. - Şahin said to me and looked at me with his head raised.

- So you will be the next one who would ask me if I need any medical help because we don't have any children? - I asked him because I was tired already of talking about my husband which I depised.

- I am not here to ask you that, I am sure that you don't need any help, but instead you just dont want to have any contact with him. As we all know, he is many years elder than you. He would be age of your father. - Şahin said to me.

- Well I am glad you are the only one who can understand that. - I said to him with a smile.

- I am also pretty sure that you would like to divorce from him, but your mother doesn’t allow you. - he said and he smiled to me.

- I am not the one who can decide about those things, Hanzade. - I said to him. I saw him staring at me at rhat moment, which made me feel uncomfortable.

- I could help you with that if you would want to. I know you want to get rid of your husband. - Şahin said to me, which pretty much surprised me.

- How could you help me with that? - I asked him in distrust.

- I would do whatever is important to get your divorce with him. - he said to me.

- Why would you do that? What do you have for that? - I asked him as I couldn't believe him.

- Yavuz Ali-paşa is our enemy. He was against Sultan's order to keep us in Istanbul. He wanted to send us to our uncle on Crimea, which would kill us. If you divorce from him, we can both have something good from that. - he said to me while he was smiling to me.

- So what would you get with my divorce? - I asked him because I wanted to hear it from him.

- Paşa would have been punished, and he wouldnt be Grand Vizier anymore. That is enough for me, because he is doing whatever is important to banish us from Istanbul. And you would get your freedom back and you could live normally in Topkapi. - he said while he gave me a smile.

- That freedom wouldnt mean so much for me, because my mother will find another suitable husband for me then. - I said to him and fake smiled, because all my words were true. I knew if I would divorce, soon I would have to find new husband.

- Maybe your mother would allow you to marry a man you like. - Şahin said as he raised his eyebrows.

- That couldn't be possible, Hanzade. - I said to him and looked directly at his eyes.

- Why wouldnt that be possible? - he asked me raising his eyebrow once again and gaving me provocative look.

- Because there is no man I like. I wouldnt accept any new marriage. - I said to him and smiled.

He smiled at me back, and then looked away to see where are Mehmed and Fahriye.

- Do you think your mother would allow them to marry? - Şahin asked me while he was looking at them.

- That would be impossible. My mother would never allow such a thing. - I said to Şahin.

- But who knows if Sultan would accept? That would make stronger connections with Osman and Crimean families. - Şahin said to me.

- Maybe he would, but who I am to mix in that? - I said to him.

- You are right. You are unlike your mother, I can see that. - Şahin said to me with a smile.

- Usually everyone tells to me I am same as my mother. - I smiled to him.

- You are another world from her. - Şahin said to me, but at that moment, someone's voice interrupted us.

- Sultana, what are you doing here? Do you know this is forbidden? - Dudu Kalfa asked me. She was the Chief of Harem Treasury, and she was very loyal servant to Handan Sultana.

- Dudu Kalfa, I came here in the Gardens. I didn't know Hanzade Giray would be here. - I said to her with a smile. I really didn't need Dudu to tell this to Handan, because if this would come to my mother, she would be crazy about that.

- I am sorry for interrupting you, but you know rules of Harem. - she said to me and looked at me with soft smile.

- Dudu Kalfa, I am married woman. Hanzade asked me questions about my husband. Is there anything bad about that? - I asked her.

- No, no, of course. - she said to me.

- Fine then, Hanzade, I hope I will meet you some more time. - I said to him and smiled to him.

- I hope that too, Sultana. It was my pleasure to talk with you. - he said as he bowed to me.

I signalised Fahriye to come to me as soon as possible before Dudu could realise she was with Mehmed Giray.

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