The King (Erast Garin) checks the readiness of all palace services in the morning and meets the Forester (Vasili Merkuryev) during an inspection run.

Meanwhile, Cinderella, doing household chores, talks about how her Stepmother and stepsisters will dance and eat ice cream at the ball, and she will be able, at best, to stand under the palace windows and look at the celebration from afar.

The King, who meets Cinderella on the steps of the palace, sincerely rejoices at the new guest, and the Prince (Aleksey Konsovsky) falls in love with a "mysterious and beautiful stranger" at first sight.

Suddenly, a Page appears in front of her, who warns her that the King has ordered all the palace clocks to be turned back an hour.

When the royal Corporal (Sergey Filippov), who is trying on, appears at the Forester's house, Cinderella puts a shoe on Anna's foot at her Stepmother's request.