Pirooz Khosrow Alone with the Boy King

From E9.2, Ardeshir Is Slain by Guraz’s Design. It illustrates E9.2.31–38:

E9.2.31
Then one dark night he climbed the royal stairAnd found bright wine and speech both smooth and fair.
E9.2.32
Ardeshir sat within his royal hall,Attended by a few, and that was all.
E9.2.33
When Pirooz Khosrow came before the throne,It seemed his head beyond the heavens shone.
E9.2.34
He called for music; all the palace rangWith instruments and songs the minstrels sang.
E9.2.35
At midnight, Pirooz drank a man of wine;The guests were drunk, their senses in decline.
E9.2.36
He drove the bards and counselors away;He would allow no other men to stay.
E9.2.37
He and the Shah remained alone inside;Then outrage rose where royal trust had died.
E9.2.38
He clamped the royal mouth, cut off his breath,And held that tender throat in silent death.