|3rd Person POV|

-Two days later-

She cried, screamed and grieved.. now the state needs a new sultan because every day that passes poses a great threat to everything..

Finally she opened the door to find everyone waiting for her at the door of her room... She spent a lot of time saying goodbye to her sons and then spent some time with herself... She needed to think deeply.

What gave her strength was her dream last night where Mehmet visited her and he seemed very happy to meet his sons Selim and Ibrahim, he even told her that she shouldn't blame herself for not protecting them because she did everything she could... She also saw herself wearing that white dress again decorated with gold and standing in front of the third chair on which Mehmet's crown was... Suddenly, her third son, Bayezid, came to mind.

"Where is Bayezid?" She asked in a somewhat cold voice.

"He is sleeping in his room" Fahriye Kalfa approached her "It is still very early, the sun has not even risen yet... I will prepare something for you to eat, Sultana"

"There is no need for that" Nurgül took a deep breath then headed to her son Beyezid's room after signaling to everyone not to follow her... She reached the door where she found many guards guarding his room... She intertwined her fingers nervously then entered.

"Mother" a voice came to her from the darkness and when she turned around she found Bayezid sitting on the sofa, she never expected that he would be awake.

"My son" she approached him to hugged him tightly then moved away to light some candles to see him well "Why are you awake at this time?"

"Maybe it is fear... or sadness... I do not know" he replied calmly as he adjusted his position then Nurgül approached him and sat next to him.

"As for sadness, we all go through these dark times... With every death, a big part of me is destroyed" She raised her hand and ran it through his blonde hair that looked so much like hers "As for fear, you have always been one of the bravest members of the dynasty" She smiled through her tears "Even your father always praised your courage"

"I am not afraid of death" He looked deeply into her eyes "I am afraid of causing you sadness, mother"

She pulled him into her embrace and put her hand behind his back "I am not like before, Bayezid... We will fight together... I will be your shadow... We will destroy all our enemies and we will both rule from the same throne with strength and wisdom... I will no longer be the weak Nurgül...Instead of seeing my sons as a weakness, I want them to see them as my strength"

She took his face in her hands and looked at him confidently "The blood of your father... Selim... Ibrahim will not be in vain, Bayezid... We will make them very proud"

"Valide" he raised his hand and began to wipe her tears gently "I swear to you that I will do everything I can and together we will be a great turning point"

After a long talk between her and her son, she stood up and then allowed the servants and Aymen Pasha to enter, everything began to prepare little by little... Bayezid put on his clothes and a serious look covered his face then turned to his mother.

"My dear son" she tried to control her feelings then took the ring from the table and put it on Bayezid finger "May your reign be long and great"

"Thank you mother" he placed a kiss on her hand "We will make my father and Selim very proud"

She smiled then indicated to everyone to leave him to pray while she stood on the balcony with Aymen Pasha.

"It is good to see you strong, Sultana" Aymen said respectfully, all that came to his mind was he hated her years ago and how his friend şehzade Mehmet at the time was very impressed with her... He never imagined that this girl would turn into this strong woman.

"Of course I will be" She turned to watch the sunrise "There is no room for weakness here... Of course I will mourn the loss of my husband and children when I am alone, but moments like these require strength" She squeezed her hand "I will not mourn in peace until I have avenged my two sons as I did for my husband"

"Sultana, that traitor who assassinated them is still in the dungeon" He raised his head, looking agitated "We are just waiting for your orders, and I swear to make him suffer"

"I have not forgotten him" She looked at him with a raised eyebrow "We will finish all this, and then he will be the one to take us to his masters" She raised her hand "They will regret the day they were born"

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|Nurgül's POV|

All that separates us from the next challenge are the doors in front of us, this time I will be by Bayezid's side, I will make my enemies fear my name and this time they will know that the state has a very strong Valide and Ragent, not like four and a half years ago... This time the rules have changed.

I made sure that my face was well covered with my black shawl then Bayezid signaled for them to open the door

‹Destur Sultan Bayezid Khan hazretleri›

Bayazid entered with steady steps then sat on his throne while I remained standing beside him trying not to look at the side where Selim's coffin was placed.

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"We should give them their wages, we don't need any problems since the first day" I said impatiently to Fahriye Kalfa, the janissaires are demanding their wages all day, I won't forgive them for their problems but now is not the right time we need peace.

Before she could answer me the door opened and Hafize and Razye entered.

"Sultanas it's good to see you" I motioned for Fahriye to leave.

"We have been here for the past two days but you refused to meet anyone" Hafize put her hand on mine and I could see the sadness in her eyes "You should know that we will always be here for you and for the state"

"Thank you Sultana" I lowered my head "This is God's will and I cannot oppose it"

"Yes, exactly" Razye sighed a little and then looked at me seriously "The demands of the janissaires can no longer be ignored... I am worried that they will cause troubles for Bayezid"

"That is exactly what I am thinking" I intertwined my fingers "I am ready to give them their wages from my own wealth but that will never be enough... I thought about asking my sisters for help but I do not want to share the problems of the state with them and Bayezid does not want that after all they are not from the dynasty"

"That is exactly why we are here" Razye Sultan smiled "We are members of the dynasty and my mother has instructed us to always do the impossible for the state"

Hafize Sultan continued "Razeye and I will donate part of our wealth and With that, you can cover a lot of financial problems"

"I..." I felt speechless. . Despite all the crises I was going through, I did not expect that anyone would share this heavy burden with me... I thought that they would leave me to bear the responsibility alone "I do not know how to thank you, but I swear that when the country's conditions improve, I will return everything to you"

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-The next day-

"You said that you have reached something important" I said to Aymen Pasha, who was standing in front of me and Bayezid.

"Yes, Sultana" he looked at me and Bayezid "The person who has been stabbing us for many years and we did not know who he was..." He was silent as if he was still shocked by what he was going to say.

"Come on, Aymen Pasha" Bayezid said impatiently, hee also could not wait to avenge his brothers.

"Mihrimah Sultan...after torturing that traitor, he confessed everything" one name was enough to bring me back, I had even forgotten about her and she had not crossed my mind since she was exiled.

"My father should have executed her" Bayezid stood up and started moving around the room "She must be the one who caused all these problems, crises, betrayals, rumors... everything"

"And the most important thing is that she caused the death of a şehzade and a Sultan" I put my hand on the desk "Thank God the janissaires have received their wages and this traitor will be eliminated along with everyone who helped her and thus you and I, my son, will solve all the crises"

"InshAllah" Bayezid replied while nodding.

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-A week later-

"Valide, let me, I will separate her head from her body" Bayezid said as he approached me.

"My son... I have been waiting for this moment impatiently so let me face her" I said in a calm voice and all I could think about was that I would see the face of that traitor Mihrimah in a little while.

I sighed a little and he was sure that I would not back down from meeting her "Okay but don't lose your temper I don't want anything bad to happen to you"

I smiled a little to reassure him then left heading to where she was being held, and finally this nightmare will end and after that I will be able to fulfill Mehmzt's will.

I signaled to the guards to open the door and then walk away and that is exactly what they did, I took a deep breath and entered...

She was sitting on the floor in a very bad condition and her hands were tied with strong chains... I was fighting myself at that moment not to jump on her and rip out her heart with my own hands... I will never get over the pain she caused me and how because of her I saw my sons become lifeless corpses.

"You have no idea how comforting it is to see you like this" I began approaching her quietly "Finally"

"Nurgül" she said in a low voice that showed her extreme exhaustion "We met after many years"

"Yes, about fifteen years" I began to walk around the cell "I remember that you and your mother once put me in a cell like this" I stood looking at the walls and remembered the day I was supposed to go with Mehmet to Manisa.

"Yes, I remember that too, traitor" She barely raised her head to look at me "We should have killed you then, you are nothing more than a slave"

"A traitor? a slave ?" I laughed loudly, it wasn't funny, it was the opposite, but this was the only reaction I was able to show "Who is the traitor? Me? the one trying to save this country from under the rubble ..or you? the one who did everything in your power to destroy it?"

I lowered myself to her level and pressed my hand on her neck "Speak!" I started screaming "Who is the slave here! Me? the one who runs this country with all its properties or are you the one who looks so dirty and powerless"

"Aghas!" I said loudly and someone quickly entered holding something in his hand, they know very well what I want...an arrow... I took it in my hand and pointed at him to go out again.

"You killed Selim and Ibrahim in that way to make me live the pain of losing Mehmet in the same way" I sighed turning the arrow in my hands "How can you be so cruel"

"You deserve what happened to you Nurgül, I avenged my mother" she said with a malicious smile.

"So I will send you to hell" I smiled a little "There you will meet your mother" I raised my hand then stuck that arrow in her neck, that wasn't enough but I didn't want to be a killer, I left her bleeding then went out to the door and pointed to one of the guards "Kill her"