Romanos IV, after campaigning twice, scorned Eudokia and the civil officials. He dismissed his advisers and used himself as adviser and counsellor for every task, by the incurable malady of emperors. He treated Eudokia like a captive and would have had no difficulty in driving her from the palace. Her heart was swollen by such treatment and her thoughts infected. Psellos, nervous over the outcome, claimed that he divided his attentions between her and Romanos, speaking to each on behalf of the other. He even tried to warn Romanos when he could. Romanos also despised Ioannes kaisar and often made moves to arrest and kill him, but changed his mind and did not implement the plan. For the present, he took oaths of loyalty from him and his two sons, Andronikos and Konstantinos