The story begins on the in the year 1313 (lunar). When Melijak (Parviz Fanizadeh), who is the apple of the eye of the Sultan, wakes up Sultan Nasereddin Shah Qajar (Jamshid Mashayekhi) to prepare for the celebrations and ceremonies related to the fiftieth anniversary of his reign. But Naser al-Din Shah is worried because of the prediction of the court astrologer Bashi Darbar, who predicted that after fifty years of reign, there may be an attempt on his life. He declares that he does not wish to meet anyone, and then he receives the head of Nazmiyeh and Hakim Bashi and some courtiers and paints Melijek’s face for fun and…
