As the Ottoman victory in Buda is celebrated and İbrahim receives lavish praise and even classical statues from Süleyman, Hürrem’s hostility toward him intensifies, driving her to secretly summon the dark astrologer Yakup Efendi. Meanwhile, pirates deliver the captured Castilian princess Isabella Fortuna to Istanbul, hoping to sell her to the palace. When Süleyman and İbrahim return in triumph, Nigar warns İbrahim of Hürrem’s thirst for revenge—but he remains defiantly unafraid, unaware of the storm Hürrem is preparing to unleash.