I must study politics and war so that my descendants may have the chance to study music and philosophy. —The Fourth Empire's Star Generals, Volgograd-Kanidi Chapter, page 1.
These chapters are actually using this coronation ceremony to summarize the Fourth Civilization's current situation for everyone. This section covers the races.
Among the gifts presented by the core races, the one worth mentioning was the gift from humanity, represented by Bangjila-Ulan. Although he had nominally handed Rendili StarDrive over to his granddaughter, Adele-Ulan, such a massive industrial conglomerate could not possibly have been given away outright. He still remained its true controller.
However, Bangjila-Ulan now turned a blind eye to Adele-Ulan's little maneuvers and even supported her in secret. He knew he was advanced in years and that it was time to gradually relinquish power. In fact, Adele-Ulan's efforts to build her own faction suited his wishes perfectly.
Moreover, the addition of Rendili StarDrive and Rendili Planet had brought earth-shaking changes to the political and economic landscape of the Dawn Territory.
First, Rendili StarDrive had immediately become the largest industrial entity in the Dawn Territory and even the entire Confederacy of Independent Systems. Second, Rendili Planet's population of 600 billion carried tremendous influence.
To say nothing else, before Rendili joined the Dawn Territory, even after it had occupied the Hoth Sector and Sith Vena star sector and opened up new colonies in the Kuna Cluster, the Dawn Territory's total population had not exceeded 100 billion.
Now, the population had increased by 600 billion at a stroke. The impact this brought went without saying. Furthermore, at least half of those 600 billion people had been deeply influenced by Rendili StarDrive and held favorable feelings—or even loyalty—toward the Urlan family.
That was why Tang Xiao had agreed to marry Adele-Ulan—if he had not,