Ahir. Baron Fuld's gala in Jérôme. Bonaparte and Mathilde, the two heavyweight guests officially began after their arrival.

The living room is all by Arshier. The "upper class" invited by Fuld gathered together in twos and threes to form one relatively independent circle after another. Of course, each coterie is not static, and some of them, if they get tired of it, will take their glasses from the tray of the attendants in the hall from one coterie to another, and with various slogans (e.g., "Long live the Republic, long live Napoleon", etc.) to make the people of the other small circle also raise their glasses, and drink the wine in the glass, and the glasses will be quietly blended into it.

Jérôme. Bonaparte with Mathilde in Arshier. Fuldman's lead came in front of General Opple.

"Your Highness, this General Opple, who once served as the commander of the defense of Paris, is now a member of the French National Assembly!" Ahir. Fuld enthusiastically to Jérôme. Bonaparte introduces General Opple.

"Your Highness!" General Oppel looked at Jérôme with a little nervousness. Bonaparte held out his hand respectfully.

Jérôme. Bonaparte held out his hand and shook it with General Oppour, looking at General Oppour.

From the beer-bellied figure of General Oppel with the slightest non-standard standing, Jérôme. Bonaparte could be sure that the so-called general in front of him had not been on the front line to command a battle for a long time, and looking at his sleek expression and professional smirk that could not have been more standard, he was not so much a general as he was a great general, but now he had degenerated into a pure politician.

Despite the fact that Jérôme. Bonaparte felt a little lost in his heart, but he still looked at General Opple with a smile on his face.

"Your Highness, I once served as an officer under the Emperor and participated in the ......Battle of Leipzig with His Majesty," Opple, eager to show himself, gushed about his exploits under his uncle, the Emperor Napoleon, who became a major in Bonaparte's Guard on the eve of the fall of the Empire.

Of course, there is no mention of how he defected to the Bourbons after that, and how he rose to the rank of general. Bonaparte also didn't bother to ask about Opaure's subsequent promotion.

In today's France, most of the generals are associated with the First French Empire, and they have more or less betrayed the Empire on the eve of its demise.

Jérôme. Bonaparte did not intend to hold them accountable, for he knew that if they did, the entire French army, and especially the upper echelons of the army, could be condemned as betraying the emperor.

A man was betrayed by Jérôme. Bonaparte threw them away like garbage.

A class betrays the words of Jérôme. Bonaparte could only negotiate terms with them in a soft voice and enlist their support.

In Jérôme. Bonaparte, after listening to Opperde's hard boasting, had a regretful expression on his face, and he spread his hands and said: "It is a bit of overkill for a man like a general who cannot continue to fight for the Republic, but is trapped in the National Assembly. If it were me, I would definitely invite you, General, to be the Minister of War of France! ”

General Oppel looked excited at Jérôme. Bonaparte said, "If His Highness needs me one day, I will do whatever it takes!" ”

"I look forward to working with you, General!" Jérôme. Bonaparte bowed slightly to General Opple in front of him.

Stand in Jérôme. Arhill beside Bonaparte. Seeing this, Fuld beckoned to the attendants standing behind the pillars in the living room, and two attendants with trays appeared in Ahir. Fuld's face.

Ahir. Fuld handed a few glasses of wine on two trays to the people in the circle, he raised the glass and said, "I propose, for the sake of the empire, a drink!" ”

"Long live the Empire!" General Opaure, who raised his glass, finally showed the heroic posture of a soldier, and he drank the Bordeaux wine in the glass.

"Long live the Empire!" Jérôme. Bonaparte also drank the red wine from his glass.

"General Oppel, I'll take His Excellency the Prince for a look elsewhere! Hope you have fun! "Ahir. Fuld said to General Opple.

"Have a good time, Your Excellency!" General Oppel again against Jérôme. Bona expressed his blessing and decisively ignored Achill, who was the initiator of the party. Fulder.

On weekdays, Ahir has long been cultivated to be unfazed. Fuld still smiled.

Under his leadership, Jérôme. Bonaparte in turn blended into dozens of small circles.

Most of these circles consisted of newspaper publishers and industrial factory owners, and only a handful of bankers and well-known writers in Paris.

It doesn't matter which circle it is, Jérôme. Bonaparte always faced with a smile.

Jérôme. Bonaparte's attitude succeeded in making all the small circles of people feel good about him, and several newspaper reporters blushed and promised to be happy for Jérôme. Bonaparte vigorously propagated.

Looking at their flushed faces, Jérôme. Bonaparte was convinced that their assurances were nothing more than drunken gaffes.

Still, it's reassuring that he has been granted interest-free loan licenses from several bankers.

Bankers who value their own credibility are more popular with Jérôme than those who are well-talked. Bonaparte's welcome.

The evening didn't end until 2 a.m., and there was no jerome after nearly two or three hours of cupping. Bonaparte fell, and the stimulation of alcohol made his brain more flexible.

In Ahir. Fuld was "escorted" by General Oppel, Jérôme. Bonaparte and Mathilde got into the carriage again.

Carriage on, Jérôme. Bonaparte and Mathilde talked again about General Opple.

"What do you think of that Ople guy?" Mathilde asked Jérôme. Bonaparte.

"A botched general who wants to be a high-ranking politician!" Jérôme. Bonaparte replied without hesitation.

"So, he doesn't have the value to woo?" Mathilde asked again.

"Whether a person is worth winning over depends on whether he can create value for us at the right time!" Jérôme. Bonaparte explained: "I'm just saying that Opoul is a botched general who wants to be a high-ranking politician, not that he has no value!" A politician-type military leader like this can only be used as a temporary and excessive figure! If, after I become president, there is no candidate for a secretary of war! Opper is a great military mascot! In this sense, Opple's role is greater than anyone else today! ”