The Magnificent Century
Overview
As Layoş’s assassins ambush the Sultan’s entourage, Malkoçoğlu rushes in to protect Süleyman, while Hatice hides her pregnancy out of fear and Hürrem openly wishes for İbrahim’s death. In the harem, Gül Ağa stirs conflict and secretly brings the dark seer Yakup Efendi to Hatice, who learns she will bear a son. Meanwhile, the Ottoman forces unite near Belgrade, extracting from a captured knight the location of Layoş in Tolna. Yakup Efendi senses a looming danger around Hürrem—one that, he warns, only blood can resolve.