Lord Cowley, having received a response from Jerome Bonaparte, left the Tuileries Palace, bracing himself against the sudden cold wind. His body was chilled, but his heart was warmed.
Standing by the ornate window, Jerome Bonaparte watched as Lord Cowley gradually disappeared from sight. He turned away from the window, sat back down, and began dealing with the documents the secretariat had handed him.
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As time passed, the temperature in Paris gradually dropped. The citizens living in Paris consciously changed out of their autumn clothes and put on winter cotton clothing. A few residents began to stockpile firewood early to survive the winter.
However, none of the Parisians, including Jerome Bonaparte, realized that this winter would arrive sooner than they had imagined.
By mid-January, a cold front from Siberia swept across the entire European Continent from east to west. General Winter sounded his horn, leading his snowy army gradually towards Paris.
