The king insists on the early marriage of his daughter and cousin. Elissa counts on fiction. And there are many reasons for this, the main of which is the fear of the ancient curse from which the Capetians and their descendants suffered: the Tudors and the Valois.

But the choice of the king is not shared by Rockwell and Prussia. A conspiracy is brewing at the English court. A terrible poison is poured into the drink of many aristocrats, including the monarch himself. An attempt is made on the favorite and named brother of the heiress. Schemers skillfully frame Elissa and her fiancé - the parliament is seriously concerned about the safety of the king, so they sent the girl under house arrest.

Now, instead of a crown, the princess is threatened by the Tower. Windsor is under curfew. The Red Guards swear that they will find a way to save the heiress, even at the cost of their own lives, and in the meantime, a puritan rebellion is brewing in the country ...