On 12 June 1852, a year after the marriage, she gave birth to her first child, a son, Şehzade Osman Seyfeddin in the Çırağan Palace, who died at the age of three.
Due to her influence over Abdulmejid, nobody was able to say anything to her, and she was granted full freedom of movement and freed from the restriction of seclusion and gender segregation.
Other women in the palace became jealous of her, because she did not allow the sultan to see any woman besides her and she limited his contact with his children, to prevent him or consorts from using visits to them to meet their mothers, and they also began travelling through public spaces and Beyoğlu.
Another time she left the Dolmabahçe Palace to go to Yıldız without permission and when the sultan ordered her to go back she refused, forcing him to go and get her in person.
According to Zülfitab Hanım, her lady-in-waiting, Serfiraz was innocent and the scandal had been mounted and magnified by her enemies, including Şevkefza Kadın, Abdülmejid's Second Consort.
Cevdet further claims, referring to Serfiraz, “the state was showing signs of collapse due to the eagerness of a woman.
"[20] In 1858, Stamatello Volgo, a businessman, and Nicholas Pisani, a merchant,[21] lent Osman Efendi, in his capacity as a representative and kahvecibaşi (chief coffee preparer) of Serfiraz, two large sums of money.
[24] The French Embassy requested that the Sublime Porte recall the judges who made the initial ruling, and have them rewrite it to include Serfiraz's name, after which the court of commerce directed a prosecution against her, a judgement to which she didn't protest.
Though this round of arbitration came to a close in 1860, for the next ten years both claimants sought restitution and repayment of the rest of the loan from the Serfiraz and Osman.
Eventually the scandals, excessive spending and her haughtiness, combined with the pressure exerted on Abdülmejid by her enemies, resulted in the fall of Serfiraz from grace, who was denied access to Dolmabahçe Palace.
After losing the sultan's favor, Serfiraz and her one-year-old son, Şehzade Süleyman, settled in a mansion located in Ortaköy.
[27] Ayşe Sultan, daughter of Abdul Hamid II, notes in her memoirs that during her father's reign, Serfiraz would attend Ramadan celebrations, and would always sit next to Perestu Kadın.