HP's Platinum Temptation

Lucius has been in a bad mood since he came back from Lambert's clothing store.

Clarence seemed to reveal a lot of family information in words, but in Lucius' later analysis, it was found that these information not only did not bring more understanding, but added a lot of doubts about the business alliance.

What annoyed Lucius the most was that not only did he fail to find out any information, but he also lost a son.

Since that meeting, Draco has always firmly believed that Clarence is a companion like himself.Clarence seems to have grasped this too, sending Draco letters and sweets from Hogwarts from time to time.

Lucius had tried withholding Clarence's letters and candy from Draco.But the end result is that Draco has a big fight with Narcissa, and the things will eventually be sent to his master.

Clarence's letters to Draco usually consisted of little things about Hogwarts, as well as little stories of his own making up.Draco obviously liked it very much, clamoring to write Clarence back every time.Although Draco's reply was basically about himself, there was no way to achieve the effect of communicating with Clarence's letter.But I have never seen any impatience from that first-grade child.

Now Draco is very used to receiving letters and candy from Clarence every month, and often clamors to visit him during the summer vacation.

Later, Lucius discovered that Lambert's bookstore began to sell new little wizard fairy tale books, and the content can basically be seen to be adapted from various short stories written by Clarence to Draco.

Around May, the number of letters from Clarence to Malfoy Manor became two, one was still addressed to Draco, and the other was addressed to Lucius.

This boy actually pursued him openly!

This was the thing that surprised Lucius the most.

Clarence would often write about his daily life and the little troubles he encountered in his letters, and then at the end of the letter, he would always add a sentence: "I like you, Mr. Malfoy, may I see you again?"

Lucius wasn't sure if he was the youngest and strangest suitor in his life.

After hesitating again and again, Lucius wrote a letter to the not-too-familiar patriarch of the Hall family, because the other's son happened to be Clarence's guide.

Although Lucius didn't expect to gain any useful information from this place.But the truth is, he had unexpected and substantial gains.

The Hall family, like the Dalton family, belonged to a neutral faction, but their position was not as firm as Dalton's.Not long ago, he was successfully persuaded by the Medici to join the Pure Blood Alliance.

Mr. Hall conveyed the information he had obtained from his son, and provided a key word that made Lucius figure out most things: Muggles.

Lambert's Bookstore is now the most popular shop for Hogwarts students.One of the most important reasons why the products in it can be widely accepted by students is that it contains more or less the characteristics of Muggle items.

Such Muggle-inspired tricks of magic usually first become popular among students from mixed-race families, and then affect other pure-wizard children.

If the Lambert family still has its own production and material supply and marketing channels outside the wizarding world, then it can explain why the business alliance was able to resume the supply of products during the previous blockade of the Medici.It is even possible that it was deliberately done by the business alliance.At least in the end, the families that helped the Medici complete the blockade were also hit hard.

From this point of view, Lucius is not at all optimistic about Medici's idea after knowing that the Lambert family used Muggle products.Influence the business alliance through the regulations of the Ministry of Magic.Because this is very likely to be a weakness deliberately exposed by the business alliance, waiting for the Medici to step down, and then activate another hidden trap.

Sure enough, when Medici tried to implement his strategy, he encountered setbacks again.

Bertram Lambert has been appointed Deputy Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.Mainly manages affairs related to Muggles.

However, when Medici heard the bad news from the Ministry of Magic, he also learned another piece of good news for the Pure Blood Alliance—Mr. Collins, one of the three leaders of the Business Alliance, He was confirmed dead a few days ago.

All of Collins' estate will go to his widow.And this Mrs. Collins happened to not know much about her husband's cooperation with the business alliance.

Lucius didn't intend to miss this opportunity.

Since the Medici had been caught in the trap set by the business alliance time and time again, Lucius was not going to stand by and watch.

Lucius happened to know something about this Mrs. Collins who married from France.Based on her past behavior habits, remarriage is almost an inevitable choice for the other party.

Under his influence, Charlie Zabini arrived in England a few days before Collins' funeral.

Mr Zabini has been Mrs Collins's strongest suitor.And his biggest purpose in coming to the UK is well known.

The death of Mr. Collins was obviously unexpected by the business alliance, and the other party was also actively lobbying Mrs. Collins.

On his arrival in England Mr Zabini became the most welcome guest of many families.This handsome wizard from France has all the conditions that those romantic men have: excellent appearance, humorous conversation, charming eyes.Mr Zabini spent a night at Malfoy Manor when he first arrived in England.But he was immediately invited away by the Medici the next day.This gentleman obviously has a great liking for attention and flattery, so Malfoy Manor cannot meet his requirements.

Lucius didn't care about that at all.As long as the ultimate goal can be achieved.

"I know Ada very well." When Lucius was invited to the Medici's living room, he heard the black-haired man sitting among the crowd say confidently: "She will not live alone with her son. A woman We all need a man, don't we?"

The men present all laughed in unison.

"Mr. Zabini, did Mrs. Collins say when she will leave the UK?" Medici sat next to Zabini and asked with a smile on his face: "Mr. Collins' funeral has been over half a month. I don't know." How is she going to deal with the Collins family's property in England?"

"Her attitude has been determined. Recently, she has been busy dealing with the harassment from the business alliance. You know, ha, it's just dying." Zabini replied with a sneer: "The things on the British side, I suggested that she give up. After all, she will not come back here after following me. There are no other members of the Collins family. There will be no problem in this regard. At that time, if you have needs for the industry here, you can discuss it. Ada has never cared about these commercial things, so she won't know much about it."

"Isn't Mr. Zabini afraid of curses?" Mr. Hall, who was sitting a little farther away, said in a less enthusiastic tone, "Ms. Collins is also a well-known black widow in your France, otherwise she wouldn't have married to England. "

"Hall!" Medici hurriedly stopped him.During this period of time, no one dared to bring up this topic, for fear that Zabini would leave if he didn't want to.

"What are you afraid of? Anyway, you can't expect the business alliance to find a suitable candidate who can fall into the eyes of that lady. I guess none of them would dare to do this." Hall continued with disdain: "Besides, Zabi Since Mr Nee and Mrs Collins are old friends, it is impossible that he should be ignorant of such an obvious matter."

"Haha, it's okay, I don't mind at all." Lucius noticed a shadow flashing in Zabini's eyes, but because of the lighting problem, the people sitting next to him might not be able to see it.Then the other party immediately covered it up with a more positive smile: "I know Ada, none of that is her fault."

"In that case, I would like to congratulate Mr. Zabini first." Medici quickly changed the subject and said flatteringly, "I believe you must be the person Mrs. Collins trusts the most."

"It's not the most trustworthy, but the most familiar one is definitely. We have known each other for more than ten years, since we were in school." Zabini's tone was full of complacency: "Every time Ida is sad, I'm always the one who appears next to her the fastest. Don't worry, I know all about Ada's situation. I believe you must want to know what the Business Alliance has done, right?"

Zabini glanced at everyone around him, and before they could speak, he continued: "Speaking of which, I don't understand why you are so afraid of people from this business alliance. In my opinion, they are really stupid But there is no sincerity. From the funeral of Collins until now, the only person who came to Ada was a young man with brown hair, who seemed to be their advisor. Ida always called him Mr. Winter. As for the leaders you mentioned None of the patriarchs of the family have appeared."

The atmosphere of the scene suddenly froze, and Lucius, who had kept his head down and said nothing, suddenly raised his head, not surprised to find that the faces of Medici and Hall all turned blue.

Zabini found that his words did not have the expected effect, but instead made the supposedly relaxed atmosphere extremely dignified.Completely unclear about the situation, he asked, "What's the matter? Do you know this Mr. Winter?"

The gathering ended with worried departures by key attendees.

A week after that, news came out from the business alliance that Mrs. Collins had officially joined the core leadership circle of the alliance and would inherit all of Collins' affairs.

Mr Zabini was sent away by Mrs Collins herself after being politely refused.

Three days after that, news of Mr Zabini's sudden death came from France.

After listening to Zabini's words, Lucius could roughly predict the outcome.This Mr. Zabini probably died without knowing why he failed.

Mr Winter.

A name that was completely unfamiliar in the previous information surfaced in such an explosive way.For the Pure Blood Alliance, it is tantamount to a blockbuster.

Lucius got the monthly email one morning in the same mood.

"I like you, Mr. Malfoy. Can I ask Draco out to play?"

The author has something to say: Note:

1. Before the child is 4 years old, the language of conversation is self-centered, and there is no way to communicate with each other very well, usually talking to each other.

2. In the previous chapter, Yuanyuan seems to have accidentally written the Hall family as the Horn family. I am really sorry.At present, there is only one Hall family with the word Huo in the text. There is a son, Dana, who is the guide of Clay and Jeffrey when they were born.I hereby declare that Yuanyuan will roll to catch the bugs!

3. In fact, the amount of information is a bit large, but Yuanyuan is not going to write out those relatively in-depth information.Let Wenwen rush forward in the direction of the meeting between the two.