Elena - Khatun - a village girl who captured the heart of the elder Shahzade Mustafa with her wayward and rebellious character.
Acquaintance with Elena, Mustafa perceived as a game - the girl did not know that in front of her one of the future heirs of the Ottoman dynasty, because he introduced himself to the girl as a hunter Ibrahim.
Mustafa - as a future ruler, is used to achieving everything with his power. And this time he was not stopped by the fact that the girl was engaged to an elderly merchant Abbas-aga, who drove the family into big debts. And to cover the debt, the girl had to become his wife. Mustafa paid the debt to the merchant and took Elena to his sandjak.
Elena lived in the harem for several months and during this time Fatma made more than one attempt on her life. The girl miraculously managed to escape, but in the name of love for Shahzade, Elena held out with all her might. In addition, Mustafa promised to commit nikah, which would legitimize her position in the harem.
However, when Suleiman found out that his heir had taken the betrothed girl into the harem, he became very angry and ordered the girl to be returned to her parents.
During this time, the merchant Abbas-agha decided to attack Mustafa, but missed and his arrow hit Mehmet. The merchant was quickly captured and Mustafa personally stripped him of his head.
Fearing that Mustafa will go against the will of the sovereign and still accomplish nikah, Makhidevran asks Ibrahim to talk to Shahzadeh. And he manages to convince him, Mustafa decides to return the girl to her parents.
Elena took Mustafa's decision with pride, saying:
- For the sake of love, I got into the palace, and for the sake of love - I will leave it.
Oddly enough, Mustafa quickly forgot about his beloved and soon he will have a new love - Rumeisa-Khatun.
No matter how hard the directors tried to show Mustafa on the positive side, in my opinion, he did not like a man, because Elena returned to her parents' house disgraced, and now it is unlikely that anyone will take her to wives. And Mustafa, between power and love, chose the first. So, did the senior shahzade have love for Elena - khatun, or did he just play with an innocent girl and abandon it as an unnecessary thing?
