Following the wild ass across the plain, the valiant Bahram Chubin reached a hidden palace of breathtaking splendor. Entrusting his steed to Izad Goshasp, Bahram stepped alone into the mysterious halls. Concerned for his commander, Yelan Sineh rushed inside and discovered a grand chamber adorned with a gem-studded golden throne covered in Roman silk brocade. Upon it sat a crowned lady of divine height and spring-like beauty, while Bahram sat upon a golden stool beside her. The fairy-faced lady sent word to Yelan Sineh to wait outside, while her maidens led the Iranian warriors to an enchanted orchard, serving them wondrous banquets.
When Bahram finally emerged from the palace, his eyes burned with fierce emotion and his spirit was utterly transformed—his ambitions soared to the heavens. Returning to the city, he arranged his palace like a royal court, sitting upon a golden throne and donning a lordly crown. Sensing treason, Khrad Barzin and the Chief Scribe fled by night to warn King Hormoz IV. Though Yelan Sineh intercepted the scribe, Khrad Barzin reached the capital and laid bare Bahram's strange vision of the magic palace and his royal pretensions. King Hormoz consulted the High Priest, who interpreted the wild ass as an Ahrimanic demon and the palace as a sorcerous delusion sent to corrupt Bahram. Regretting his earlier insult of the distaff, Hormoz dispatched a hamper of broken blades to Bahram.
Bahram used the broken blades to inflame his soldiers' rage against the king, declaring that Hormoz offered nothing but insults and threats. He convened his inner council—including Hamdan Goshasp, Peyda Goshasp, Bahram-e Siyavash, and the Chief Scribe—to deliberate on snatching the crown. At that critical moment, Bahram's wise sister, Gordiyeh, stepped forward from behind the curtain. With profound eloquence, she admonished her brother against treason, invoking the memory of past monarchs such as Kay Kavus to remind him that the royal crown belonged strictly to divine lineage, not to rebellious generals who abandon their sacred duty.