For the plea to halt reforms from the old Bonapartist generals before him, Jerome Bonaparte did not hesitate to refuse outright.
Then, Jerome Bonaparte handed the petition back to them without mercy and issued an eviction order: "Take this petition! Leave immediately, at once!"
"Your Majesty! Please consider that we once risked our lives for the Empire!" The old general was clearly unwilling, and he begged Jerome Bonaparte once again.
"Hmph! Risked your lives for the Empire?" Jerome Bonaparte had a smile on his lips, unlike the kind smile he showed before; this was one of ridicule, of disdain: "What qualifications do you have to talk to me about devotion..."
As he spoke, Jerome Bonaparte pointed at one of the old generals who had once led an expedition to the Russian Empire, and said word by word, "You... what did you do after my uncle abdicated!"
"I..." The old general accused by Jerome Bonaparte was momentarily at a loss for words.
