The thing is, she couldn't do those things because she was the one training the males in Protocol, so she couldn't a.) trust them or b.) trust they knew what to do. That was the point of her going to Dena Nehele.
But I don't remember her successfully "insisting" on anything in the books. No conflict resolution skills.
Queen's Gift, for one; the protection of the landens in book one, two (I am not sure exactly why you don't count the fact that they followed her orders on paying the girl and punishing the miscreants as not following orders?); the addition of Ferall and his province, three. There was a lot of things that aren't about winning; the Blood code is about compromise between the will of the Queen and the court. The final choice has always been given to her (see, the rise of Shalador Nehele).
She could have thrown him out of her Court for goodness sakes! Yes there wasn't another male who was "hers" but she could have chosen someone more agreeable at least.
No, she couldn't or her court would break.
Money:
I really have no idea why the money is such a problem. Theran had a treasure that wasn't a loan he could have used to help; he didn't. How you wisely budget, spend money, carefully choose your purchases for the greater good and spread prosperity is part of being a good ruler. So. *hands*
I don't even know that she got to know the Warlord Princes in her court - we still don't know anything about most of them.
We don't know much about most of any court, including Jaenelle's. Everyone got a name, but only a few had stories.
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The thing is, she couldn't do those things because she was the one training the males in Protocol, so she couldn't a.) trust them or b.) trust they knew what to do. That was the point of her going to Dena Nehele.
But I don't remember her successfully "insisting" on anything in the books. No conflict resolution skills.
Queen's Gift, for one; the protection of the landens in book one, two (I am not sure exactly why you don't count the fact that they followed her orders on paying the girl and punishing the miscreants as not following orders?); the addition of Ferall and his province, three. There was a lot of things that aren't about winning; the Blood code is about compromise between the will of the Queen and the court. The final choice has always been given to her (see, the rise of Shalador Nehele).
She could have thrown him out of her Court for goodness sakes! Yes there wasn't another male who was "hers" but she could have chosen someone more agreeable at least.
No, she couldn't or her court would break.
Money:
I really have no idea why the money is such a problem. Theran had a treasure that wasn't a loan he could have used to help; he didn't. How you wisely budget, spend money, carefully choose your purchases for the greater good and spread prosperity is part of being a good ruler. So. *hands*
I don't even know that she got to know the Warlord Princes in her court - we still don't know anything about most of them.
We don't know much about most of any court, including Jaenelle's. Everyone got a name, but only a few had stories.