Sultan's suspicion

[Lailah]

How do you deal with this? I thought the fake abandonments would be more, well, fake, but folks don't seem to be coming back.

[Gillias]

No pretty sure they're permanent, maybe they come back at the very end if you defeat the sultan, but not during game. You can right-click the suspicions and sites will glow, indicating you can use them there. Off the top of my head

Nursery for a free one
Estate but lose estate income for a week
Bathhouse but lose bathhouse permanently
House of Delights, but if you use a carnality card afterwards the sultan will execute you (he eventually sends a gift to end that drought)
The court, triggering a Sultan quest
Unconfirmed, but I heard you can use it at the bookshop but lose the bookshop permanently

[Lailah]

It seemed like I could only use the court one time, at least? The estate also didn't seem to take when I tried it again, even doing it myself.

[Gillias]

Oh, they're all one-use options

[Lailah]

Jesus christ. Do they stop eventually?

[Gillias]

I believe there are 7 of them in total. I got the event three times my most recent run, 6 in the first batch, 1 in the second, none in the third.

I *think* it has to do with your influence score, or possibly renown, but no actual idea. It's another one of those things that happens so late, you can't really mess around to test the parameters.

[Tomera]

Originally posted by Gillias:

I believe there are 7 of them in total. I got the event three times my most recent run, 6 in the first batch, 1 in the second, none in the third.

I *think* it has to do with your influence score, or possibly renown, but no actual idea. It's another one of those things that happens so late, you can't really mess around to test the parameters.

I started getting them non stop once I became vizier

[urartu]

Yeah I got 4 gold suspicions in a row after becoming Vizier and that was the end, could manage to break 2 before submitting to fate.

Maybe replacing Abdul is not the wisest thing, can even sympathise with his corrupt stuff.

[mira☆]

If you have Malkina and have not already tailored an outfit on your protagonist, you can use the Sultan's Suspicion that way as well

[Ace490]

I can confirm the bookstore route. Store gets shut down and the owner decides to burn together with his book. Can't tell whether it also works once you are in the "book hunt" stage.
I can further confirm another option: wife's resentment. Just pull up the event to resolve the resentment and add the Sultan's suspicion. Your wife will beat you up and leave you for 6 days (she returns afterwards). I think you also get a wound. Pretty cheap option and it is only a ruse after all (might be different if you have multiple resentments or other issues with your wife).
Another option is either the feast or wife's tea party quest. I haven't tried that one and don't exactly remember which one it was (I think it was the feast). I saw that you can add Sultan's suspicion to one of those, but haven't tried it out yet.
Finally, when I have used it in court, the effects had been different than Gilias described. I didn't get a Sultan quest but rather lost 5 influence points. Might have something to do with me not personally presenting the card in court but rather sending a follower (usually Farad).

[Naila]

The one and only true stop to eliminate Sultan's Suspicion is to successfully finish Golden Concubine's story, by using the Gold Carnal Pleasure card in Sultan's court when she shows up. After that quest is finished she will show up to tell you she will block all Sultan's Suspicion from now on. However her quest is one of hardest ones in the entire game, I never manage to successfully keeping her saved from my 5 runs of the game, I usually need to give up and let her die to save other concubines or court guards.

Interesting note: If you are unable to save her and let her die...Sultan, regardless live or dead, will release all his fury on you, by giving you another group of Suspicions, they range from 5-8 cards. I usually get these after I kill Sultan and enthrone myself.

One other option is to limit your disagreement with Abdul and keeping your influence as low as possible, so that you will get very limited Suspicions - the only bonus you lose is the support cards, which you rarely need if you manage rebellion well, and you automatically get another set if you are friends with that certain someone.

If you never go to Abdul's request, there is also a special bonus - you get a poetry book every time you attend meetings, which can be read to add battle points. So maybe that option is better for those who does not care about Abdul, lol.

If any of you are troubled by Suspicions...my record is 17 of them in 3 bunches: The highest record in 1 time is 8 cards bombing my inbox. After that run I am convinced if I don't become the next Sultan, no one can do the job.