3Q of The Greatest Power

Q1: Why did Ping invite children to the palace instead of adults?
Because Ping is a child, he would know other children's thoughts and they could know each other easily.
Q2: All the children were competing to be the one chosen to be prime minister. Why were the children working with each other instead of competing with one another?
Working in a group can make the things better. But something i dont understand is that why the little gril was alone.
Q3: What was the little girl doing when she decided that armies, beauty, and money were not the answer? (Where was she at the time?) Why did the author write that part of the story the way she did?
She was at the lake.
The author wanted to show personality of the little gril and let the reader to know the gril is.
Q4: The author writes 'The nothing in this seed is the space in between where life exists'. What do you think the author means by that statement?
A seed can grow into plant, and it is the life begin.