"Just what do you mean by dismissing one of my girls?" Jasmine demanded of the Kislar. "These are my girls! Only I decide who goes and who stays!"
"It was an order from the sultan." he answered.
He had been brought to the royal harem as a page. The old kislar had taken a liking to him, and when he died, the sultana's mother, the then valide, had appointed him in his place. Since then, he had only taken orders from Jasmine, as her father hardly ever ordered anything contradictory to what she did. He felt it not right to be not following her own orders now.
"The sultan wishes it!"
"Oh, does he?" she answered, coolly.
"Your Majesty, Crown of Veiled Heads, I can not dismiss an order from the sultan. He summoned me and gave me the order personally."
"He didn't send a page or one of the valets? He sent for you?"
The Kislar nodded.
"That is so."
Jasmine dismissed that.
"Who cares who he sent, or who he summoned? Aladdin will certainly countermand that order, I assure you! So now go and tell Gulzur to not worry, that she will remain here, in the harem, and I will go talk to Aladdin." she said.
Once she was out of the room, the Kislar frowned. He knew perfectly well why the sultan had wanted to get rid of this girl. Not only was she uncanny, she was downright irritating, the Kislar thought. He had certainly welcomed the opportunity to be rid of her. If the sultan hadn't done something, perhaps he himself would have tried to come up with a reason to get rid of her. He sighed. Apparently, perhaps he may have to resort to just that. Why the sultana wanted her here, he certainly didn't know.
Gulzur sat in the valide's apartments, where Jasmine had told her to wait while she sorted things out. She looked up, and saw the Kislar.
"The sultana has gone to speak to the sultan, and you are to remain here." he said.
Gulzur jumped up.
"Oh, I just knew the valide would sort this whole thing out!" she squealed, and ran past him, almost knocking him over.
The Kislar simply gritted his teeth, and hoped against hope that the sultana would not convince the sultan.
"Aladdin! I want you to tell the Kislar that you changed your mind about dismissing Gulzur!"
"Changed my mind!"
"She came to me nearly in tears, saying the Kislar had told her she was dismissed!"
"Yeah, well, she is!"
"What? She is one of my girls, and only I decide who stays and who goes."
"It's my harem, and I'm the one who decides that!" he said, sounding very unlike himself.
"I never would have thought being sultan would have gone to your head, Aladdin!" she said. "And even so, exactly what interest do you have in the harem?" she suddenly demanded, her eyes flashing.
Aladdin stuttered, thinking what to say.
"You told me about her, and…and I thought she might be dangerous, so-so I decided to have the Kislar get rid of her."
Jasmine scoffed.
"Gulzur is not dangerous. A little weird, well, very weird, actually, but not dangerous!"
Little did she know, thought Aladdin.