Shchedraia krasavitca, mudraia pravitelnitca, svoenravnaia zhenshchina... Kogda Petr I umer, zhizn ego liubimoi docheri izmenilas navsegda. Radi zabavy ona kruzhila golovy muzhchinam i dazhe soblaznila Fridrikha, budushchego korolia Prussii. Nezhnoe chuvstvo v serdtce tcarevny razzheg printc Karl Avgust. Ona mechtala nazvat ego muzhem, no nakanune venchaniia Karl umer. Otnyne Elizaveta ne mogla dumat ni o kom. No kogda ona uslyshala volshebnyi golos Alekseia Razumovskogo, poimala ego derzkii vzgliad, strast vnov probudilas v ee serdtce.