Travelers get to Cherkasovo. Eudoxia sees her son for the first time after his imaginary death. Peter hands her over to his son. Persian ambassadors arrive in St. Petersburg, they are militant. Only Selim Bey is ready to talk about peace... Varya leaves for her mother Aglaya. Zosia and Czartoryski instruct Leander on how to behave in negotiations... Alexander is in no hurry to return to St. Petersburg, he wants to be a simple man and live with Julia.