THIRD FANTASY VOLUME: WHERE TO BEGIN?

As I plan for the third volume of my fantasy volume, I find myself in an interesting position. The third fantasy volume is intended to depict an emperor’s life and reign from start to finish. However, I cannot decide whether to go David Copperfield and start the day the emperor is born and go from there or start from when the emperor is first crowned. What do you think? Because I like to promote democracy amongst my readers from time to time, I will put this decision to a vote. What kind of beginning do you want to read? Please let me know.