Mustafa was raised from early childhood as a future ruler. He grew up with the thought that becoming a future padishah was his destiny.
However, having matured and received a sanjak in Manis, serious tests began for the shehzade, which he did not always cope with with dignity.
Having made many mistakes, the sovereign decides to send the shehzade to a distant sanjak in Amasia, but the people and the janissaries have already managed to fall in love with the elder shehzade and it was in him that they saw the future ruler.
According to the laws of the Ottoman Empire, the shehzade who ascends the throne must kill his brothers in order to exclude the possibility of riots on their part.
Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska Sultan who gave the sovereign four shehzade, worried about their fate and tried in every possible way to denigrate Mustafa in the eyes of the sovereign.
There were many "dirty" games and intrigues around Mustafa, but she did not manage to break the strong thread of father and son.
Realizing that Mustafa is just one step away from the throne, Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska comes up with a new game - to accuse Shehzade of treason. So much so that the sovereign will have no doubts about the betrayal of his son.
Rustem - Pasha incites the sovereign to a military campaign against Persia, meanwhile Mihrimah is rubbed into the confidence of Mustafa and makes an ingot of his seal.
Rustem Pasha writes a letter to Shah Tahmasp on behalf of the Shehada with a request to help overthrow his father from the throne, for which he gives Persia a part of the lands of the Ottoman Empire. The letter is sealed with Mustafa's seal.
Shah Takhmasp was not long in coming, and the hired people of Rustem - the Pasha, intercepting the messenger, received a letter with an answer, which was immediately handed over to Suleiman.
In the letter of Shah Tahmasp, he called Shehzade Mustafa Sultan and replied that he was ready to help him overthrow his father, but only offered not to send him into exile, but to take his life.
After reading the letter, Suleiman realizes that Mustafa has entered into an agreement with his worst enemy and plans to overthrow him from the throne.
Suleiman writes a letter to Ebusuud asking for help in making the right decision, and receives an answer that shehzade is allowed to be killed.
Suleiman summons Shehzade Mustafa to a military camp.
Everyone understands why the father called his son, and only Mustafa naively believes that the sovereign will not harm him - after all, he swore an oath. But in vain... This day was the last for Shehzade Mustafa.
Suleiman did not give Shehzade an opportunity to explain himself, he had already decided the fate of his first child.
