President Jero Bonaparte cooperated very smoothly with the Order Party magnates. Both sides had cordial and friendly discussions, with frank exchanges [the President wished he could strangle the Order Party], and fully exchanged opinions [the President could not defeat the Order Party in the short term, so he had to play so small tricks]. The result of the talks was aningful [the President successfully promoted the general of his choice as an undercover].
After the talks, Fleury brought in the champagne that had been prepared earlier. The President and the chieftains of the Order Party, along with military leaders, raised their glasses.
"To even better cooperation in the future!" Jero Bonaparte raised his glass and proposed the toast.
The glasses clinked together with a "crackling" sound, perhaps foreshadowing the future.
However, with the current opposition in the National Assembly, the President and the Order Party must tolerate each other and act as a "sham couple" with different dreams.
Both sides hid their daggers and pistols under the bedding, waiting for the dawn to decide life and death.
After Audion Barrot and others left, Jero Bonaparte returned to the banquet.
As soon as he returned to the banquet, Jero Bonaparte was again surrounded by the guests, who all toasted to this Prince President, uttering so flattering words.
The banquet lasted until half past midnight, and the invited guests at the Elysee Palace left one after another.
Exhausted from the day’s exertions, Jero Bonaparte, supported by Fleury, entered the retro Empire-style bedroom he had personally arranged.
Half-drunk and half-awake, Jero Bonaparte struggled to open his eyes and said to Fleury hazily, "Fleury... call at 11 o’clock tomorrow!"
"But, Your Highness, tomorrow is your first day as President. Shouldn’t we..." Fleury hesitated for a mont and replied tentatively.
"President?" Jero Bonaparte struggled to get up from the bed, pointed to himself, and whispered, "Now I, as President, have nothing but my uncle’s halo!"
Saying this, Jero Bonaparte gestured: "We must be more cautious, take power from their hands step by step, and then..." Jero Bonaparte made a motion of striking with a knife and said viciously, "Send them to hell!"
"Your Highness, we will definitely succeed!" Fleury responded without hesitation.
"Yes! I believe it too!" Jero Bonaparte lay back on the bed again.
In the next second, Fleury heard Jero Bonaparte’s snores. He carefully took off Jero Bonaparte’s boots, placed his legs on the bed, then covered him with a silk velvet blanket, and quietly closed the door as he left.
...
The blazing midday sun stread through the curtains with the double-headed eagle pattern, shining on Jero Bonaparte’s face. Due to excessive drinking, Jero Bonaparte, whose head felt like it was splitting, reached out his right hand to block the sun.
However, there wasn’t much ti left for Jero Bonaparte to sleep.
About 10 minutes later, there was a knock at the door outside. Jero Bonaparte had to reluctantly open his eyes and, with a hint of waking irritation, questioned, "Who’s outside?"
"Your Highness, Pri Minister Barrow is already waiting for you in the study!" Fleury, knowing he was disturbing the Prince President’s rest, responded with apprehension, "And Count Falu!"
"Alright! I know!" Jero Bonaparte muttered softly in complaint, "Really, would it kill them to co a bit later?"
Muttering complaints, Jero Bonaparte still had to endure the headache and get up. Hearing movent in the room, Fleury hurriedly called in several maids who followed him into the bedroom.
In a daze, Jero Bonaparte was grood and dressed with the help of the maids.
After dozing for a while, Jero Bonaparte pulled himself together and arrived at the study door. Fleury opened the study door for Jero Bonaparte, revealing the figures of Barrow and Count Falu.
"Good afternoon, Mr. President!" said Audion Barrot, whose face showed a trace of displeasure due to Jero Bonaparte’s late arrival; Thiers was right, Prince Bonaparte was an irresponsible man.
"Mr. President!" Count Falu nodded to Jero Bonaparte with a smile.
"Pri Minister, Mr. Falu, how are you!" Jero Bonaparte showed no awkwardness for being late, shaking hands with Barrow and Falu as he entered the room.
"Pri Minister, this should be our Minister of Public Education, right?" Jero Bonaparte asked Barrow knowingly.
"That’s right!" Audion Barrow responded.
"Minister Falu, I hope you can benefit more people in the field of public education! The field of education is vital to France’s lifeblood!" Jero Bonaparte said to Count Falu with slightly exaggerated words.
"Since the President and Pri Minister have entrusted with the work in the field of education, I will do my utmost to complete it!" Count Falu responded earnestly, in a low and slow tone like a preaching missionary: "I have a proposal that needs to be handed over to..."
Before Count Falu could finish speaking, Jero Bonaparte interrupted his speech: "At this ti, let’s not talk about such heavy topics! Pri Minister Barrow, what do you think of my proposal?"
Not wanting to cause trouble before completing the cabinet formation, Audion Barrow agreed with Jero Bonaparte’s suggestion, and the sowhat unwilling Count Falu had to temporarily set aside his proposal.
Since it was his first day as President and the cabinet was not yet complete, Jero Bonaparte had nothing to review.
After a brief chat, Audion Barrow and Falu left together, leaving Jero Bonaparte alone in the study, leisurely flipping through books taken from the bookshelves opposite the walnut desk.
Not until dusk did Jero Bonaparte leave the study and head to the dining room for dinner.
In the following ten or so days, Jero Bonaparte’s routine was to wake up after 10 am, et with Audion Barrow at 2 pm, and then return to the study to read alone.
Originally uneasy about Jero Bonaparte’s interference with the cabinet, Audion Barrow completely relaxed, taking his ti to form the cabinet, addressing the issues left by the previous cabinet and compiling them.
On January 6, 1849, after a long half-month of cabinet formation, with the appointnts of Minister of Justice Eugène Roué and Minister of Public Works Mornay, Pri Minister Audion Barrow of the Second French Republic finally completed his cabinet.
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