#Lesson For Firuze

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"When the whole world stands against you, Sultanım, I will still be here, holding your hand, just as I always have."

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I've asked a very similar question before, sorry! ♡︎:) But how do you think Hurrem's enemies( Mahi, Ibrahim, Hatice, Gulfem...) would react if Hurrem really died in her suicide attempt?(in ep 72) What would they do? Well it's a... very big deal. I can easily imagine Suleiman's or her children' reaction. But her enemies...it's a little hard to imagine. What do you think? :)

No worries! :)

There's one thing for sure: all of them would be very surprised at the news. No one, except probably Mahidevran, would expect her to go that far and for Firuze to have lowered her spirit and confidence of her victory as much as she did.

Mahidevran would most likely learn about it in Manisa and be the one to react as quickly as possible. After a single shocked expression and a slight hint of curiosity about the sudden immediacy of Hürrem's death, her first job would be to tell Mustafa and Taşlicali about it and discuss with them how to act from that moment on. They may go to the capital and it would be then when Mahidevran learns how exactly did it happen probably by Gülfem and/or Hatice. She would try her best to ensure Mustafa's the one to sit on the throne, but won't be as obvious as she was the first time SS was assumed dead and Hü was ready to give up on it all, she wouldn't make the same mistake again. She would consider it easier though, given Hürrem is no longer around, but would be on hold even more than usual for SS's actions, because they would be what's most important then. If he still sends Mustafa to Amasya at some point (which he definetly will, because after Hürrem's death he would be even more determined to put Mehmet, or at least one of her sons on the throne), she would still send Illyas to win his trust and would keep an eye on Manisa like this. She would perhaps have to fight against the Mihrimah/Rüstem faction (which would be inevitable after Hü's death and their first target would probably be Firuze.), so she may send spies in the castle and may also motivate Mustafa to act against them, too, before they succeed putting Mehmet on the throne, similarly to what she told him in E103. And last, but not least, she won't even pretend grieving for SS and Hürrem. {I also headcanon that if Mahidevran somehow understands before anyone that Firuze had been poisoning SS this whole time, she would keep this to herself and support it. If that S04 organization protecting Mustafa still is a thing and appears in S03, it's possible for Mahi to become a part of it or even lead it. They may also help Firuze's cause. 😏}

I see Ibrahim lamenting on what they've gone through with Hürrem, if only for the sake of the hardships or lessons that would need to be learned from this in his perspective. But he would also certainly support Süleiman in that moment - despite of his enmity with Hürrem, he understands what she means to him and would try to alleviate his pain as much as possible, be it with him calming him down through words that everything will be alright or playing the violin for him. Ibrahim would perhaps feel safer once Hürrem is gone, for his major enemy is no longer around. That would make him more confident and in the political arena and he could slip up with his words there. Though he would turn his eye on Rüstem even more now and would perhaps try to stop him teaming up with Mihrimah by keeping him away from the capital. (he may send him to Teke, was it, just like he did in the show and it wouldn't be as likely for him to come back, since he and his influence would be weakened even more far away from Istambul and without Hürrem.) At this point he may actually succeed to limit Rüstem's hold and even get rid of him entirely, if he does it when Mihrimah is still grieving for her mother and hasn't considered how to act yet. He would focus more on both the state matters and Hatice and Esmanur. Now, would Ibro still be executed in such scenario? If he manages to do the above with Rüstem, it's possible not to, since his lion speech wouldn't be found by Rüstem when he's several distance away. But if he makes other mistakes, SS could still punish him, because I feel Hürrem's death would make him even more wary and paranoid, even less merciful and just for how much he still pats himself on the back that he's such. And if Rüstem and Mihrimah ultimately team up, it's possible for Rüsti may convince her at some point that they have to get rid of Ibrahim, but that'll still take a considerable amount of time. (she would show even more resistance when it comes to Mustafa.)

Once Hatice learns of the death, she could feel a bit of regret that it ended that way and would hope for Firuze or Ibrahim to succeed to calm SS down (she would try once, maybe twice, too), but her bigger concerns would lie elsewhere. Since Mehmet and Mihrimah would take on the roles of parental figures to their little brothers, Hatice may focus her efforts on lifting them up when they're down. She loves her nephews a lot after all and wouldn't bear to see them grieve. I see her having even more touching conversations with Mihrimah, advising her to stay strong for the people she cares about, no matter how hard it may seem. Hatice is certainly going to relate with her nephews for the loss of a person close to them, because she has had a similar experience. Hatice is also going to focus on her family even more, now that peace would be more possible in her eyes and she and Ibrahim would still heal their wounds. But she may still have to involve herself in harem matters regardless - if the Mihrimah/Rüstem faction happens, she would try to reach out to Mihrimah and if that doesn't work, she may try acting alone somehow and could still team up with Mahidevran to stop them, or stop Rüstem, at least.

Gülfem would perhaps tell Hatice (and Mahidevran) that Hürrem's death is really unfortunate and again, would be the one to relate the most with her experience of wanting to end her life when she seemingly loses everything. I don't see her doing that much though, except for being an emotional support. She would support Mehmet and Mihrimah and by extension, Süleiman, since he himself would reach out to her as his conscience, similarly to S04 and she would be the one to give him a word of advice for how to get over his loss.

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