User blog comment:MrPedroNorris/Ming Jol-ik/@comment-5780397-20150405220511

Wait. The Diego (it's easier to write) at the palace is a sosia, the real one has long retired. Meruem smashed him to bits as soon as he met him, but Neferpitou stitched his corpse together with Doctor Blythe and puppeteered him to give orders to the population so that they could organize the selection. It is explained in a chapter, I just don't remember which one.