Chapter 920: The First Foray into Politics
On the second day, which was a weekend, Ye Xingguang speculated that the two children wouldn’t need to go to work, so she instructed the palace guards early in the morning to let Mo Yinhe and Yin Xiaohua in directly when they came to the palace, and then to inform her so she could personally receive them.
At nine in the morning, Ye Xingguang was sitting in the Queen’s executive office while the six elders were presenting the coronation day schedule and the Kings of the feudal states who were coming to celebrate. However, her mind wasn’t on the meeting; she was preoccupied with thoughts of the two children.
Fu Zhuo stood by her side, paying close attention to everything.
Fu Zhuo had become acquainted with the structure of the Atlantis nation over the past few days.
The Atlantis Empire was composed of several feudal states, each roughly equivalent to a province in a terrestrial nation, with the King of a feudal state being comparable to the governor of a province. There were thirteen provinces in the Atlantis Empire, and because the Queen’s coronation ceremony was imminent, all the Kings of these feudal states had already arrived in the imperial capital.
Among them, the King of one feudal state was a thorn in the side—openly opposing her ascension to the throne at the official residence where he was staying, and even inciting other Kings to join the resistance against Ye Xingguang’s coronation.
This King was named Ye Weiqiang, who had once harbored an unrequited love for the Third Princess of the royal house. As Ye Xingguang was the main culprit behind the Third Princess’s death, Ye Weiqiang had no desire to see her ascend to the throne, even for his past beloved.
More importantly, in the feudal state ruled by Ye Weiqiang, there wasn’t a single person of vampiric lineage. They did not need the proprietary formula of the vampires, so their opposition was even more unrestrained.
In the office, when the elders brought this matter up, they suggested Ye Xingguang should handle it herself, under the pretense that since she was to participate in politics, she should demonstrate some capabilities by tackling this issue.
What a bunch of sly foxes—they wanted her to take the throne but didn’t want her to meddle in national affairs.
Ye Xingguang didn’t want to be looked down upon and readily agreed: "Fine, I’ll deal with it myself."