Uncle Carl is annoyed and does not want to wait for the meeting of the Grand Council. In his latest move to get his niece, the beautiful Princess Yahoo, betrothed to the King of Red Mountain, Uncle Carl is flexing his muscles.

“NOW IS THE TIME” he is shouting from the roof of the palace, calling on the populace below to join him in ousting the great Yang, believed to be the power behind the throne. The Yang has proposed a dowry of $33, the same amount the King offered to pay in May. Since then the Yang has sold some of the Princess’s advertising inheritance to the King’s deadly rival, Prince Google. Perhaps the King thinks the Princess is losing her looks and is not worth as much. His recent proposal was to whisk the Princess away but leave all her household behind for a much reduced dowry.

On the Street, the hucksters are saying the Princess will only get about $23. But they are the common, ugly people only interested in money while the aristocrats are fighting over matters of principle and power. At a price, of course.