The news of the imminent nikah Mihrimah - the sultan and Rustem - pasha made the sisters of Suleiman and the grand vizier pretty worried.
Shah - the sultan understood that if this wedding takes place, then Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska and Rustem will become much grander, and then you will not envy them.
Shah - the sultan decided at all costs to upset this wedding. And the most harmless thing that she came up with was spread rumors that Rustem was sick with a dangerous disease - leprosy.
The Sultana reported the same message to the sovereign. However, Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska, realizing that this is another trap, suggested to Suleiman to send his doctor to Rustem so that he could personally verify the truth of the rumors.
The doctor, having examined Rustem, came to the conclusion that he was healthy, but explained that such a serious disease did not appear for a long time. Therefore, the pasha should be observed for a couple of months before being allowed to appear in the capital.
Khatun, who served Rustem in order to divert suspicions of a far-fetched illness from Pasha, put a louse on Rustem, knowing that people with leprosy do not have lice. The doctor, having found a louse, reported to Suleiman that Rustem was completely healthy.
So it turns out that the insidious trap of the Shah - the Sultan was upset by some louse.
But, Shah - the Sultan was not going to retreat, and this time she decided to act for sure. The Sultana gave the order to the soldiers to organize a robbery on the carriage of Rustem - Pasha, when he returns to the capital and burn his carriage to the ground.
The news of the death of Rustem-Pasha spread throughout the palace, but before the sovereign he appeared alive and well, which greatly scared his enemies.
Rustem Pasha guessed that upon his return to the capital, he might have problems and decided to insure himself, sending the first carriage along the usual route, and having changed his clothes, got into the second carriage and drove another way.
The foresight, flair and cunning of the pasha saved his life, and despite all the traps set up by Shah - khuban - the wedding of Rustem - pasha and Mihrimah - the sultan nevertheless took place.
