The ladies, already deep into their gossiping, leaned in even closer as one of them, a sharp-tongued woman known for her connections to the inner circles of the capital, began to speak in a hushed but excited voice.
"Oh, you think you've heard it all about Uluç? Well, let me tell you something, ladies. You won't believe this," she said, glancing around dramatically as if making sure no one else was listening. The room was dead quiet now, everyone eager to hear the latest scandal.
"One of my friends—now keep this to yourselves—she's Christian," she began, pausing for effect, "and guess what? Uluç had sex with her. And not just with her, but with her friend too. Can you believe that? Two women at the same time!"
The ladies gasped in disbelief, eyes widening. "But wait, it gets better," she continued, her voice dripping with juicy details. "It was a secret, you see. Uluç was always known to be a serious man, tough on the outside, but oh, he had quite the appetite when it came to women. And not just any women, Christian women. You'd never guess it, right?"
The room buzzed with whispered exclamations as the woman reveled in the attention. "Everyone thought he was all loyal to that one girl, his wife, but no, no, no. Before his injuries in battle, Uluç was like a wild beast! Not just one, two, three—four women at a time, ladies! Can you imagine?" She raised her eyebrows, clearly enjoying the shock and disbelief etched on everyone's faces.
Another woman chimed in, "I'd heard rumors about his little affairs, but I didn't think they went that far!"
"Oh, they did," the first woman confirmed, her voice growing even more conspiratorial. "He was having affairs left and right, and all with Christian women from the realm. Everyone thought he was just being a good husband—but behind the scenes, Uluç was sneaking off, doing whatever he pleased."
"And here we thought he was just a battle-hardened warrior," another woman giggled. "Turns out, he was doing a lot more than fighting wars, huh?"
"Exactly," the first woman said, leaning back in her chair, satisfied with the reactions. "So there you have it, ladies. Uluç—the man, the legend—was not just a terror on the battlefield. He was a terror in the bedroom too. And Christian women? Oh, they were his weakness."
The room erupted into laughter, gasps, and knowing smiles.Uluç's secret affairs were now part of the ever-growing tapestry of gossip that the women of the realm thrived on, and they would surely talk about this for weeks to come. Ilkay Khatun chuckled, shaking her head. "Well, well, seems like Uluç had more tricks up his sleeve than any of us could have guessed."
And with that, the gossip flowed, stories were shared, and Uluç's reputation—both as a warrior and a womanizer—grew even larger in the eyes of those who had only known him from his feats on the battlefield. The ladies laughed and continued, their tongues wagging as they dissected every possible scandal, turning Uluç's name into a legend of a different sort.