No matter how much the newly minted police lieutenant, honored detective voivode Nikita Ivanovich Ivashov hoped to quietly spend the winter in Lukoshkino - alas! New cases poured in as if from a cornucopia. Two thefts at the same time and - scary to think - a “wet” case! But our hero doesn’t have to be sad for long. The permanent forensic expert Baba Yaga and junior employee of the investigative department Dmitry Lobov rush to his aid. And they already know that in Lukoshkin everything is different. And if in Europe princes and princes come to the court of a beautiful princess, here it’s the other way around - twelve maidens of noble birth ride on a sleigh in winter, only for the autocrat to choose a bride for himself! And it would not be surprising if brides would commit a crime for the hand and heart of King Pea! So, the investigation begins...