Going to distant Russia, the young Princess Fike could not even imagine that her marriage with the heir to the Russian throne would turn out to be a “golden cage.” But her mother-in-law, the empress, does not trust her, her unloved husband cheats with others, her own favorite turned out to be a nonentity; Catherine is threatened with a shameful divorce and expulsion... And then Grigory Orlov bursts into her life like a whirlwind - a guardsman, a handsome man, a giant, a hero of the Battle of Zorndorf, in love with her as a woman, and not a future queen. And Catherine will have to choose: whether to continue to vegetate in the “golden cage” - or rebel against an insignificant husband, leading a guards conspiracy and a palace coup. Should I remain a petty German princess until the end of my days - or win the throne of the Russian Empire, glorifying the name of Catherine the Great for centuries!