In the 18th century, difficult times came for Russia; war with Turkey broke out in 1768. A young princess, born in sin to a French spy, was forcibly married to an unloved man in exchange for freedom. She fights for love for the only man in her life - a brave naval officer, from whom evil fate separates her again and again. She will know everything: the bitterness of loss and immense happiness, poverty and untold riches, glory and shame, she will shine at court and die of hunger without a penny to her name. All for the sake of him, the only one for whose love one wouldn’t mind dying. A prisoner, the daughter of a conspirator, the disgraced Count Arbenin, escaped from a convict ship. The desperate naval officer Sergei Sokolov, who fell in love with the criminal, despite his honor and convictions, helped to make a daring escape. But after a couple of weeks, the fugitive sparkles in all her glory, at court, hand in hand with her fiancé, the young Prince Pototsky. What is this? Love marriage or another prison? Who does the mysterious beauty love? After all, many noble people at court seek her favor. Against the backdrop of palace intrigues and conspiracies, the forbidden love of a golden-haired princess and a young naval officer blooms. Will he be able to forgive the treacherous traitor? Will she be able to be with the one to whom she gave her heart, but not her hand.