In this chapter, we learn that the new queen has been chosen by a committee of judges, and that she will be the second woman ever to be chosen to be queen. This is a big deal, because it means that a woman will be queen for the first time in history, and it also means that she's going to have to face the fact that she is going to be judged on the basis of her looks, not on her gender. We learn that it's not just the judges who decide who gets to be the queen, but the whole committee, which includes the king, the queen's husband, and the lords and ladies of the court. This means that the queen will have to deal with a lot of different kinds of people, and she'll have to make sure that she doesn't do anything that will make her look bad. We also learn that this is the first year that the king has been nominated for the throne, so he's got a lot riding on him. The king is so close to the throne that he looks like a "rubbernecker" , which is a reference to the legend of the king's wife, Kaori, who was the first woman to be elected queen. We're also told that, since the king is such a close confidante, he'll be able to do whatever he wants with his life.