Only six months after Aladdin and Jasmine's wedding, Jasmine's father had passed away.
Now that she found herself being not just sultana, but also valide sultan as well, she would require a bigger household. Usually the women chosen to serve the sultan were women of noble or royal birth. However, Jasmine had broken tradition when her father changed the law and allowed her to marry Aladdin. She decided to break with tradition once more, and would have women from the city. She had never really liked or gotten along with many people of her own social status.
Aladdin who was now sultan, was still unbelieving that he saw Sultan of Agrabah. He had never wanted to be sultan, had never wanted to rule. He didn't know how to rule. He had only wanted to marry Jasmine, who was the woman he loved. Yet now he found himself sultan. It seemed impossible that the sultan had died, and now here he was, not knowing the first thing about ruling. Of course, he knew when he married Jasmine that he would one day be sultan, as she was the sultan's only daughter, a princess of Agrabah. But that had seemed very far away.
He looked up to see Jasmine walk in. He had put his own worries aside, as he knew this was much harder on her than it was on him.
"Aladdin," she said. "I've decided I will have commoners among my household."
In a house in Agrabah, a girl sat staring at the dress she was mending. She had dated a secret agent for a while, but being a secret agent, he said he didn't want to put her at risk, and had broken up. Of course, she understood. After all, going undercover, and catching thieves was risky. Though she wouldn't have cared, but he was so thoughtful of her. She hadn't dated anyone since.
Recently, there had been a celebration in the city. The princess had gotten married. To a commoner as well. That should have her wedding with her secret agent, she thought. She sighed, knowing that wouldn't be.
Of course, with a new sultana, it was obvious that she would want her own household. After all, it was only right, a sultana would require more servants than a princess. Especially as she would also take the position of valide. She had heard that the new sultana chose to be served by commoners. She cheered up. She knew that she could never see her secret agent again, so what would be better than to serve the sultana?
She wasn't the only one who was anxious to serve her sultana, though…