The Dark Lord at Hogwarts is not too cold

"Easy...you stepped on my foot"

"Forget it, I don't want to dance anymore! It's too much trouble..."

"Oh~ I see, so dear Queen Ravenclaw wants me to dance with someone else? Well...as your foreign secretary, that's all I can do."

"you dare!!"

After lunch at Granger's house, Hermione took him to her bedroom and practiced the British classical social dance back and forth. When she slowly walked out of the Regency dance, she would always accidentally step on Cyrus's foot. Twice.

This was only temporary, though, and Hermione had to use the Force to improve her coordination, switching back and forth between the Regency Dance and the Blues Dance.

Hermione hated wearing high-heeled shoes, so even if she attended the ball, it was short-heeled boots... Her steps made a dull sound on the carpet on the wooden floor.

"Help me see what else I'm missing..." Hermione fell on the bed, her hands propped back, "Like a necklace? A bracelet? Ah! I remembered that my mother still had a ring and a bracelet from my father... .”

"No more, relax... If you have to say-" Cyrus looked at Hermione, who was a little upset, and comforted him, "-maybe there is a little crown that I like?"

"Stop talking nonsense! That's Kensington Palace!" The girl grabbed the gray socks she was wearing at home by her bedside and threw them in Cyrus' face, "I think you just like... this one! Hmph~"

Cyrus stared at what had fallen off her face, which Hermione had washed off before changing.

Soft, with some light thick plush, his pen tip still has some smell, the next second, a blush appeared on his face, he pinched the tip of the sock, and threw it into the basket pretending to be disgusted inside.

"Let's go, Jin is here." He saw a black car stopped on the road outside the window.

That is Kensington Palace, where Queen Charlotte's Ball is held every September. In the past, according to tradition, it was the place where girls from prominent families from all over the world devoted themselves to socializing for six months.

Detective Jin seemed to be calm about all this, and just drove in silence. At 05:30, they arrived at the west side of Kensington Gardens in the Kensington-Chelsea district of London.

It was a royal palace with an orange and white exterior, and the inner courtyard was already full of vehicles before the sun had completely set.

"The purpose of this gathering is for Prime Minister John to discuss the 'direct tax' with the royal family..." Jin paused for a moment, and said with difficulty, "So, you are regarded as a member of the government and the royal society."

"We are not aristocratic ladies and playboys." Hermione unwrapped the hairpin and sprayed some special hair conditioner on it.

"I know...but only in this way can you come in." Jin observed everyone passing by outside, "Elizabeth II will also be there, and I have other duties..."

After hearing about Lucius Malfoy I and Elizabeth I, the Prime Minister will also strengthen the protection of the Queen of England.

Now that Voldemort is resurrected, who knows if some families will use some bottomless methods, such as curses?

The queen's attendance does not represent the interests of the British royal family. She has never expressed her political stance, but just had a serious conversation with the prime minister.

"Of course I wouldn't imitate Mrs Thatcher...but it would be good for British society to stop receiving royal transfers," John held a bong between his index and middle fingers.

"Of course, Mr. Prime Minister, these matters are for your own discussion...all for the UK"

Cyrus and Hermione stood behind, walking in from both sides of the road, followed by other members of the royal family. The lawn was well-groomed, but Hermione still felt that it was not clean...

Perhaps it was because he had been with the historical figures in the museum for a long time that Cyrus could see some shadows of them in John's behavior.

The expression on his face became more solemn, and his back was straight like a veteran who had been in the army for a long time, but he would hold a cane when he walked, just like climbing a mountain.

Cyrus only hoped his cane hadn't been snatched from Churchill.

"This is...Malfoy, he came with William and his wife..."

In the center of the bright hall, there is a huge long square table with a swing hanging above the table, on which sit two performers, probably belonging to the royal family of William.

Cyrus was sitting next to Hermione, and he put his hand on the back of his girlfriend's hand, and Hermione's clenched fist loosened a bit.

After Mary II and William III were crowned kings in 1689, they bought Kensington Palace and transformed it into a family suitable for the royal family, so it is not surprising that the Malfoy family was invited.

William's attitude towards Lucius Malfoy is somewhat respectful, obviously, the latter can gain wealth from here.

"How did you get in here?" Malfoy whispered behind the two of them after Narcissa led her son to the seat, "The royal family will also invite you two... clowns like Lockhart?"

"Didn't the Malfoy family stop their communication with high-class Muggles?" Cyrus, Hermione's diplomat, said sharply.

"Ah~ Originally, it was, but now Muggles provide less and less wealth." He greeted a royal family slowly, and then said, "Muggles' tribute has decreased, which is not a good thing... .”

"Just... less? I'm afraid you will be disappointed today~"

The Malfoy family has always been like this, preferring to be the supporting force behind the position of power, letting others suffer and bear the possible consequences of failure.

"Everyone, I have some bad news to discuss." Seeing Hermione and Cyrus nodding slightly, John stood up and tapped the crystal glass with a golden spoon, "About the royal family's special funds... it will stop in the future."

As soon as his words fell, the rest of the people seemed to have heard some absurd news, as shocked as France who learned that Germany had bypassed the Maginot Line.

"I object!" Prince William was the first to get up.

William said: "The British royal family is a symbol of the United Kingdom. Secondly, the royal family's earmarked funds are stopped. How can we carry out charitable activities to benefit... the entire British society?"

Malfoy was sitting next to him, and his eyes never moved away from the Prime Minister and Hermione, always switching back and forth.

"That's right! We have paid too much..." William's objection made other royal families agree, and Prince Andrew was the first to bear the brunt.

"The extravagance and waste of resources?" John is not tall, but his attitude seems to be standing on a high platform and looking down at everyone, "Sorry, you have taken up too many resources...It is not proportional to your value! "

Every royal family present receives an average of more than 25 pounds a year!is every year! !

"Britain is a country with a constitutional monarchy." Prince Philip wanted to find the queen's attitude, but Elizabeth II just sat quietly at the top and watched the performance quietly.

"But...you can't always have a constitutional system... right?" The Prime Minister's smile was a little unreasonable and arrogant, "It's already 1995"

"What do you mean!!"

"It's not interesting, I just want to say, let me know, the British government will no longer give the royal family special funds." He leaned on the table and said word by word, "A penny...is impossible!"

Cyrus held a glass specially filled with white wine, and slowly made a 'cheers' to Lucius Malfoy.

"Everyone, taxpayers have no responsibility to support you... and... your children!" The prime minister's announcement was almost final.