From the description given above, I guess the king must be a wise, principled and diligent king. Ruling the kingdom so well in all its spheres. What's more important in a kingdom than the welfare and security of it's people.
It's evident that the people of the land love their king and don't want to get into another king that may not deal with them fairly hence the reason for expressing their concerns to the king about his wife's inability to bear a man child.

But who says it's the Queen's fault she's bearing only female children 😅 she's only producing what the king puts inside of her.
I think the king has a plan for the wife of the woodcutter 🤔 let's hear the story as it unfolds.
Good story ❤️