"Your Majesty, you have really put me in a terrible spot!"
As soon as Jerome Bonaparte met Minister Dico, Minister Dico complained to Jerome Bonaparte with a bitter expression.
"Oh?" Jerome Bonaparte asked with interest, a smile lingering at the corner of his mouth, "We are separated by nearly 60 or 70 leagues. How can I influence you, the 'Father of the Imperial Navy'?"
"Your Majesty, may I ask you a question?" Minister Dico inquired.
"Go ahead!" Jerome Bonaparte lowered his hand onto the armrest and asked.
"Isn't it true that my wife followed your orders to Marseille?" Minister Dico said leisurely to Jerome Bonaparte.
"Indeed, that's correct!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded in acknowledgment. "I sent her there with the purpose of taking care of you!"
"But, a few days ago, she stopped all my work completely!" Minister Dico replied to Jerome Bonaparte with a tone of slight complaint: "And she said she was following your instructions!"
