I haven’t been following very many blogs lately so I don’t know if I can come up with 11. Some of your questions are hard. Will I lose my status as a curmudgeon if I join a thing called “Sunshine Blogger…?”
It seems it would be time to report to the king as quickly as possible. His nobles may be trying to overthrow him and that's why they called a meeting, asking for a report, before the king heard any of it.