Carefree reveler Fyodor Nikitich, a relative of Ivan the Terrible himself, did not expect that at least one of the string of women who appeared nearby would linger in his life for a long time. However, Ksenia Shestova managed to win the heart of the rake, so much so that he soon invited her to marry. But all that remained for the thirty-year-old boyar’s daughter, who foolishly ruined her honor in her youth, was to become a nun. Now the couple, who had built a family nest, were preparing to live quietly and happily. But I didn’t take into account one thing: the reigning Boris Godunov will not be calm until he protects himself from the top contenders for the Russian throne...