sentences:  The power-hungry and amoral Ubu is won over by the plan and quickly sets about recruiting unscrupulous members of the king's court, chiefly fellow captain Bordure.The coup is completely successful, and the king is murdered, but his wife and his son, Crown Prince Bougrelas, escape, although the queen dies shortly after.Ubu uses most of the treasury to shower the common people with wealth and buy their loyalty to his rule with increasingly opulent displays.