Months ago, a marriage was arranged between Şehzade Suleyman and me for an alliance. I was a Princess. Şehzade Suleyman's concubine was the first Haseki Sultan Mahidevran. They only had one child together, Şehzade Mustafa. Şehzade Suleyman had fallen obsessively in love with me the moment he first saw me. Since I was a common-law wife, I had the title of Haseki. Şehzade Suleyman's mother Valide Hafsa Sultan, and his sisters had quickly fallen in love with me and accepted me. I had become pregnant in a short time. I was a few weeks away from giving birth. Sultan Selim had passed away and it was time for Şehzade Suleyman to ascend to the throne. Mahidevran Sultan and Şehzade Mustafa would set off after us to come to Istanbul. Now Suleyman was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. I went into labor the day he ascended to the throne. I gave birth to healthy twins. The first born was a boy and the second born was a girl. Sultan Suleyman named our son Selim and our daughter Cihanşah. I was now Haseki Sultan. While in Manisa Palace, he gave me the emerald ring he had prepared with his own hands and had initially planned to give to Mahidevran Sultan as a birth gift. Celebrations were held for days regarding Suleyman’s accession to the throne and the birth of the twins. I had a beautiful room of my own, and many concubines who served me. Sultan Suleyman had sent me almost five chests of gifts. A few weeks later, Mahidevran Sultan and Şehzade Mustafa arrived at the Istanbul Palace. When he learned that I was now the mother of a Prince, he was very upset, angry and furious. He had hoped that I would give birth to a girl. However, I had given birth to both a Şehzade and a Sultan. I was in my room, sitting next to my babies' cribs, embroidering.