"Rue, please sit! I have something to discuss with you!"
Faced with Jerome Bonaparte's gentle demeanor, Eugène Roué felt both pleased and anxious.
Pleased because the Emperor, whom he hadn't met alone for a long time, had personally summoned him, which meant he hadn't lost the Emperor's trust and still had room for advancement.
The anxiety stemmed from the possibility that the Emperor suddenly summoning him might mean there was something confidential he needed to entrust to him.
Having worked under the Emperor for nearly six years, Eugène Roué knew the Emperor's way of doing things too well. Such sudden summons likely meant he wanted him to do something he couldn't manage himself.
However, even though Rue had already decided he might be tasked with a challenging job by the Emperor, he needed to seize every opportunity, because as the Empire's system stabilized, more and more newcomers emerged like bamboo shoots after the rain.
