HP's Platinum Temptation

"No." Clarence took a deep breath, walked to a sofa in the lounge and sat down. Although his tone was still calm, his face was not very good, and he didn't look at anyone.

Emilia also entered the lounge with Old Rist, who also heard the sound of a suspected quarrel in the lounge from outside the door.After entering the room, the expressions of Terrence and Clarence were not quite right.

"What's the matter?" Emilia walked to Terrence, tugged at his sleeve, and asked silently.

"We just have some differences of opinion, and we said a few more words." It was Clarence who sat on the other side of the room who responded to Emilia: "Why are you here?"

Old Rist turned his head to look at Terrence, who also had a bad face, in surprise, but still did not get any response: "Your Excellency, the Duke asked us to come here to find you first, and by the way, tell you that Mrs. Thatcher will attend the event instead of the princess." The ribbon-cutting thing."

"I saw it in the square just now. How did she come here? We haven't opened the Muggle passage yet!" Clarence frowned and asked coldly, "Who brought her here?"

"She went to Lambert Manor at noon. Al notified her mother, and then her mother asked the house elf to bring her here." Emilia explained, "It's urgent."

"Is there any urgent matter, can't we wait for the end here?" Clarence raised his head and looked at the other three people who were not seated: "Did you say what is the urgent matter?"

"I don't know!" Terrence snorted angrily, and pulled Emilia to find a place to sit down: "She just arrived, so she went to cut the ribbon."

"Taylor." Emilia could clearly sense Terrence's emotions, shook his arm, and said in a low voice, "Don't be so fierce."

"Okay, I see." Although Terrence was still a little angry, he suppressed his anger and stopped talking.

The lounge instantly became quiet. Clarence was resting with his eyes closed, and it didn't look like he was in a good mood.Terrence's complexion was also not good, and Emilia was busy whispering to comfort him.The rest of the old Rist sat on the side, a little embarrassed, neither to leave nor to stay.I had no choice but to lower my head and study my gloves without making a sound.

The silence lasted for more than half an hour, until there were footsteps outside the door.Then the Duke and Duchess of Rezlan and Mrs. Thatcher pushed the door in.

"The ceremony is over? Where are the minister and the principal?" Clarence asked when the three of them entered the door.

"After the ceremony, after a few pleasantries, Principal Dumbledore left. If you are a minister, I went to visit." The Duke of Rezlan replied, and at the same time led Mrs. Thatcher beside him to sit down: "Now can you say Is there any reason for your coming, Mrs Thatcher?"

In an instant, everyone in the room locked their eyes on the Muggle head in a blue suit. Mrs. Thatcher pulled her clothes and said straight to the point: "I am here to ask for help. At the beginning of this month, there were a large number of absenteeism across the country. There was a strike. After a few days of ineffective mediation by the union, the number of striking workers began to grow. It was the largest strike in recent years."

"Since it's a large-scale strike, it doesn't make much difference whether we meet one day earlier or one day later! Why do you insist on coming here?" The Duke of Rezlan lowered his head and pondered, not yet thinking about how to respond to Mrs. Thatcher. When he spoke, Clarence spoke first: "Do you have any idea what you did just now? A Muggle leader appeared at a meeting full of wizards? Are you dying, or are you trying to find us trouble?"

Clarence spoke very fast, and his tone was unprecedentedly direct. Mrs. Thatcher was taken aback. She didn't react in time, but looked at Clarence in surprise.

"Clay! What are you doing?" Duke Rezlan frowned immediately, and said in a serious tone.

"Obviously, I am blaming Mrs Thatcher for a very stupid mistake." Clarence replied without softening his attitude.

"What's the matter with you today, Clay, did you take gunpowder?" The Duchess also frowned slightly, but still asked gently.

"No, I'm just telling the truth." When Clarence replied to the Duchess, his tone was calm enough. After he turned to Mrs. Thatcher, his tone was not so good: "I read the latest newspaper, so I also Know what's going on. But that's not a good enough reason for you to come suddenly and expose yourself to a group of wizards. I remember we explained the reason for Emilia to attend instead of you."

"Didn't you say that the current situation in the wizarding world is relatively calm? I don't think there is anything inappropriate for me to do so. Although it is risky, doesn't it also reflect the importance we attach to the wizarding world?" Mrs. Thatcher said nothing. He responded without flinching: "At the same time, I came here on purpose because of the urgency of the situation. I remember that you still have a whole night of dinner tonight, and I don't want to wait until the next day. The rest time in between is not just right. ?"

"Then what? Why did the strike situation become urgent? I remember I suggested that you should not shut down those coal mines in such a hurry, it will inevitably trigger a chain reaction across the country. Then Terrence must have persuaded you! Who is it in the end? Are you insisting on doing this?"

"Those mines have been losing money! I don't think I made a wrong decision. This is for the efficiency of the entire industry."

"Ascension? You can't always make decisions from a macro perspective! Your choice will only make me suspicious. You think that we will definitely help you when your energy reserves are not available, so you are so unscrupulous. .” Clarence directly accused.

"That's part of our cooperation, isn't it? And we're going to win this time, strikes are only bad for absenteeism. All we need to do is get through this time. And all you need to do is lift your hands, no Is it right? I know that you have recently recruited a group of wizards, but you haven't placed any jobs yet, isn't that just right?"

"I must remind you that our personnel flow is not under your command. We are just a cooperative relationship, not under your control! Don't treat any wizard with your attitude towards ministers!"

Listening to Clarence and Mrs. Thatcher's verbal confrontation, the Duke and Duchess of Rezland were full of doubts, while Terrence, Emilia and Old Rist were stunned.

"Clay, when did you know so much about the Muggle situation? I never knew." Terrence interjected between the two of them. Si quarreled: "I thought you were only managing the affairs of the wizarding world."

"Although I am also curious about this, what surprised me even more was that it was the first time I saw Mr. Lambert so—uncomfortable. Am I not supposed to be here? It seems that I am not What should I listen to?" Old Rist couldn't help but interjected.Although he had always known about the relationship between the Lambert family and the Muggle chief, this was the first time he had witnessed the 'discussion' process between the two.

"It's okay. Although it's beyond the original expectation, this is what I'm about to tell you, and it has something to do with what happened to us at night." Clarence took a deep breath, turned his eyes back from Mrs. Thatcher, and stopped Old Rhys Special plans to leave.

"I don't remember telling you this information," Terrence pursued, "and you seem to know more than I do."

"And the information we conveyed to Mrs. Thatcher is less than what you know." Emilia also frowned and looked at Clarence, then at Mrs. Thatcher.

"Do you think the Muggle members of the Ministry of Magical Information and Cooperation would be more willing to obey the orders of the Muggle chiefs, or our orders?" Clarence directly answered Emilia's question for Mrs. Thatcher: "Since it is in Isn't it normal for things that are well known in the wizarding world to reach Mrs Thatcher's ears through the wizard's Muggle family?"

Mrs. Thatcher was slightly embarrassed by Clarence's words, and was speechless for a while.Although she also wanted to know how Clarence got the information about the Muggle world, she couldn't and didn't dare to ask directly, because Clarence obviously wouldn't tell him.The scene suddenly became stalemate again.

When the Duke and Duchess of Rezland received Mrs Thatcher's request to come to the ribbon-cutting ceremony, they probably didn't think too much about it.I thought it was just something urgent.But through Clarence's explanation, it seems to be cast a color of conspiracy theory.

But what surprised everyone the most was Clarence's reaction.Even Terrence began to wonder whether Clarence's anger was due to what he said to Lucius and their subsequent quarrel, or because he saw Mrs. Thatcher under the podium and wanted to understand her. The reason for coming.

Clarence has not spoken a word to give a response, Mrs Thatcher's goal has not been achieved, so naturally she can't shake her sleeves and leave.

The row looked like Clarence was throwing a tantrum at Mrs Thatcher.But in fact, the two people represented different positions between Muggles and wizards, and for the first time, the conflict of interests brought about was clearly pointed out between the two.However, in view of the relationship and needs of cooperation, when conflicts arise, it is impossible for the two of them to choose to terminate the cooperative relationship.

"So? Does this have anything to do with the wizarding world? I didn't understand what this has to do with tonight's dinner?" The Duke of Rezlan didn't know much about Muggles and wizards in the economic field, so Unable to understand where the focus of the dispute between Clarence and Mrs. Thatcher was, he finally broke the silence and asked.

"If you understand it from the perspective of coal," Old Rist, who had been sitting by and listened for a long time, suddenly raised his eyebrows, and then his expression became a little dignified. Finally, he sighed and said in a very helpless tone: "I think I probably understand how this strike is related to our dinner goal at night. If I don't go wrong, this is really a big problem."

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