Yesterday the palace was on chaos , after all what happened i didn't bother to ask what turhan's punishment was until sumbul came to announce it .

I knew that selim didn't want ibrahim to suffer the pain of losing his mother and executing her so he sent her to egypt , reducing her monthly allowance and restrictsing her from seeing her son . i think this was fair if i counted everything she did since the beginning .

The snake was finally out of my sight for once and all and for that i had sweets distributed to all the harem , this was a thing i had to celebrate no matter what .

I had breakfast with all of my children today and i realised that all i needed in these tough times were them , their smiles and just feeling their presence healed me .

"Orhan you didn't tell me what you and your father did last time" i asked him still seated on the breakfast table , he looked up from his tray and cleared his throat .

"I didn't want to bother you with that , i was going to tell you once all of this is over and my grandfather is healed" i grew more curious as i sensed his nervousness " His majesty will announce who the heir to the throne is" my heart dropped when i heard this .

"What ? This is something you shouldn't be hiding from me"i shifted to a more comfortable position " You realise that this is very important right ?"

"I know that's what has been preoccupying me all this time" He continued " It's hard to know what my father is thinking about because if we were to compare between me and my brother , he's better than me in a lot of aspects and i don't think i will be chosen"  he obviously believed whatever he was saying and i couldn't let him get those ideas on his head .

"I don't want you to say this anymore" i scolded "you're his majesty's favorite don't forget that and i also don't want you to forget about who i am . I will support you until my very last breath" i reassured him as i reached for his hand and put it over mine .

" i'm scared .. i'm not sure about my fathers decision , it's going to be over for all of us if ibrahim ever takes the throne . He's going to kill us all and banish you from this palace forever" I warn him to stop saying these stuff infront of ahmed who was carefully listening to us .

"Kill us ? i won't let anyone do anything to you" ahmed argued back when he heard what his older brother said .

"No one said anything like this fine ? your brother was just joking with me" i looked over at gevher and whispered to her to take ahmed back to his room which she eventually did leaving me face to face with Orhan .

" Focus on being the best person and the grown up in this game , you can never succeed if you focus on the childish  matters and the never ending quarrels with your older brother" he looked offended by what i said but i was being brutally honest .

" This is not an easy game, you either win or lose and you obviously don't want the second one .I will stand by you and support you with everything i can" he nodded after my words " now stand up and go to your training"

He stood up from his seat and looked determined , i hope that i gave him some encouragement to keep going but i have to influence selim's decision no matter what it is . He has to side with my son no matter what happens and the first thing i have to do is make sure Orhan  is appointed to Manisa as a governor , he was now a grown man and he would rule fairly .

the whole day went by fast as i tried to catch up with all the harem paperwork and all the matters that were left behind all this time , when i suddenly remembers that princess Monica . I have completely forgotten about her due to all the problems that i had to ask about her , it turned out that Selim had sent her away to another nearby kingdom to seek protection .

I didn't know if our fight was the sole motive of his decision but it made me happy that he acknowledged my feelings and the situation as a whole.

As i was fully concentrated on my paperwork , one of the guards stepped inside along with sumbul . I looked up from my desk and waited for them to speak

"Turhan sultan wants to speak to you your majesty" i felt irritated by the mention of her name , i didn't want to speak to her at all but i figured out that this was the last time im ever going to speak to her so i let her in .

She stepped inside my chambers and stood in the center of the room . I got up from my seat and walked towards her

"You came to tell me goodbye ?" she felt so provoked that the only thing she could do was chuckle .

" You may have defeated me this time but my roots are too deep in this palace you will be down in no time" i was surprised at the amount of audacity she still had to face me .

" Admit you have lost everything , you have been poisoning me for years trying to separate me and my family in all ways , you are nothing now" i answered her empty threats but she didn't seem to be defeated .

" My son will take over the throne and when he does , i will be back and step on you and your children . none of you will stay alive and that's a sure thing , wait for me Hiranur because i will be haunting you from now on" she continued threatening me but i was not fazed by her .

" Goodbye Turhan , may you never see happiness in your life . and the throne you're dreaming of belongs to Selim and Orhan . Remember that really well , you will continue living miserably until you perish" I finally said as i gestured for her to leave , she contemplated me for some time before walking away .

She left my chambers and left me there standing alone , this woman was finally out of my life . She was the enemy i hated the most out of all the past ones , she stood her ground way too strongly and i had to admit she was not easy to deal with but now she finally left and i am ready to close this chapter of my life and open the one where there is only me and my children happily .

Timeskip -
It has been exactly five months after Turhan sultan's departure and the palace has known nothing but peace , My father has recovered and continued his duties as the grand vizier .

I felt so relieved and at peace when everything was finally solved and today Selim was going to be the crown prince after it took him months to finally make his mind , i was very confident in his decision even if he didn't discuss it with me .
I spoke to him numerous times about Orhan being the right person for the position so i wished it would come true . We didn't have the right to know before anyone else so we all waited for the news to come out from the divan to us , he was with both heirs and was going to announce infront of all the statesmen and the princes themselves .

I waited for the news along with Gevher and Hatice patiently waiting for the news to reach us already .