The sickly, iron-fisted beauty in Harry Potter

But he knew his father would understand.

Just as Malfoy had predicted, Lucius understood in an instant.

The Malfoys' only goal was to use Buckbeak's assault to drive Hagrid away and thoroughly annoy Dumbledore; nothing more.

Of course, the Daily Prophet will give a sum of money during this process, which is considered a way to maintain the friendly relationship between the Malfoy family and the Daily Prophet.

Although this process wasn't exactly aboveboard, for the Malfoy family it was simply a basic tactic of using their Galleons to gain influence.

Lucius does this several times a year, which is a major reason why he was able to become a Death Eater and escape punishment back then, and why he can still maintain influence in the Ministry of Magic now.

Unexpectedly, his routine action caught Dolly's eye, and she even planned to take a big bite out of him.

This doesn't refer to the thousand Galleons, but rather to Dory's plan to bind him to her cause, making the Malfoy family work for her from then on.

What a humiliation this is!

Who is Dolly?

A Muggle!

A little witch in third grade!

Although he is beautiful and capable, and will definitely become a prominent figure in the magical world in the future, how dare this little brat of only thirteen or fourteen years old try to swallow up his Malfoy family?

Lucius was so angry that his face turned red, and he frantically banged his snake cane on everything in the house, making Narcissa pale with fright.

She waited until Lucius was tired before picking up Malfoy's letter. After reading it, she said angrily, "Lucius, why are you so angry?"

"Even though you're no longer a member of the school board, you can still use the power of the Daily Prophet to kick this Mudblood who's extorting his classmates out of Hogwarts!"

"So what if she starts a new newspaper? It only sells a few hundred copies a week. How can that compare to our influence?"

“Tell Fudge about this, and he’ll be more than happy to make a big deal out of it!”

Narcissa was confident, and her method was a procedure that the Malfoy family was very familiar with and had a very high success rate in.

This time, however, her words earned her a glare from Lucius.

"More than!"

Lucius practically roared, "Dobby's in her hands!"

“That damned little bastard knows all our family secrets, and now those secrets are in that little Mudblood’s hands. Do you think that after we deal with her, she will hand those secrets over to Dumbledore?”

Narcissa's expression changed drastically, and she finally understood the crux of the matter.

She stammered, "Then... even if we suffer a massive hemorrhage, it doesn't necessarily mean we can't fight her. And not everyone can believe Dumbledore, right?"

"And we can try... to get Dobby back, isn't he in that Mudblood Muggle's house?"

A serious look flashed in Narcissa's eyes. As the wife of a Slytherin and a Death Eater, Narcissa was certainly not a naive and innocent person.

If things truly reach an irreversible point, picking up a wand and using dark wizardry techniques wouldn't be unacceptable to her.

"Yes, she is indeed a Mudblood from a Muggle family, but she is also Harry Potter's sister and someone Dumbledore is particularly interested in."

“If you dare to harm her family, she will dare to bring Dumbledore to our house to demand an explanation!”

Lucius collapsed weakly onto the sofa.

Although he had lost a few battles against Dolly and Dumbledore before, he only felt that Dolly would be a troublesome figure in the future, and did not think that he had really lost.

After all, there are times when trickery will fail, and he is not some arrogant and complacent tactical mastermind, so he naturally allows himself to fail.

But things are different now. This immense sense of powerlessness made him realize that Dolly was growing up much faster than he had expected.

He doesn't have many choices left now.

"So, what should we do?"

"We can't really turn to her, can we?"

Narcissa also felt anger. How humiliating it was to be dominated by a little witch.

Just as Lucius fell silent, another owl flew by.

Narcissa quickly took out the letter and handed it to Lucius, only to find it was from Malfoy again.

The letter read briefly: "The Dursley arranged an interview for me. Rita Skeeter is coming to interview me. I have no idea what's going on or how to refuse."

"Father, please tell me what I should do!"

Lucius stood up abruptly, his expression shifting between anger and uncertainty. Narcissa, who was standing nearby, took the note, read it, and said, "What is this little Mudblood up to now!"

"How did she end up inviting this guy from the Daily Prophet?"

Lucius pondered for a moment and said, "She's not going to give us time to prepare, and she's not going to let me play any tricks. If I don't give her a satisfactory answer, we might be ruined next week."

Narcissa covered her face in frustration and said, "How could she be so ruthless?"

"No, could this be Dumbledore's doing?"

Narcissa's words made Lucius look up abruptly, as if he finally understood everything.

"Yes, it must be him!"

"and many more……"

Lucius seemed to have thought of something and quickly searched the Daily Prophet on the newspaper rack, eventually finding the article about Sirius and Peter Pettigrew's escape from prison.

Lucius knew perfectly well that everything above was nonsense.

He hadn't really paid much attention to it, since it was just the Ministry of Magic's usual way of shifting blame, something they'd done countless times before.

He didn't care about the fate of Sirius and Peter Pettigrew; whether they were dead or alive, they posed no threat to the Malfoy family's position.

But now it seems someone is going to take action against them.

Dumbledore wanted to save Sirius Black and clear his name?

Or perhaps they should use this incident to teach Fudge a lesson and make him maintain his reverence for Hogwarts?

Thinking about this, Lucius felt himself gradually becoming enlightened.

It's no secret that Sirius Black was Harry Potter's godfather; after all, they had such a good relationship back then, so it was only natural for them to do something like this.

If Sirius Black wants to live a normal life with Harry Potter, then Sirius Black must be exonerated. To do that, the power of the media and getting Fudge to back down are needed.

Therefore, the Malfoy family was an important force...

In this process, it's perfectly normal for Dolly, as Harry Potter's sister, to step in; it wouldn't be appropriate for Harry, the savior, or the professors from Hogwarts to do so.

Got it, got it all.

After thinking everything through, Lucius breathed a sigh of relief.

The most terrifying thing is the unknown danger, but as long as you know the level of danger, the fear will dissipate by most.

Since Dumbledore's goal was not to ruin the Malfoy family's reputation, he would at most offend some people and pay some price in this matter. For Lucius, who was well-versed in the art of survival, this was not unacceptable.

As for the fact that Dobby was still at Dolly's house, he could accept that.

After all, if Dumbledore was the mastermind, whether or not Dobby was involved wouldn't make much difference.

Dumbledore used Legilimency on him to find evidence; could he withstand it?

Having figured all this out, Lucius began using restoration spells to restore the room's furnishings, and then started writing a reply to Malfoy.

The gist of the letter was that the Malfoy family supported the establishment of the four collars, hoping to see the magical world become more colorful, and was willing to contribute a thousand Galleons for this, but did not intend to announce it in a grand manner on the four-colored collars.

In addition, the letter reminded Malfoy that he should ask Dolly what he needed to say and do, and not to do anything unnecessary on his own.

Finally, Lucius, through Malfoy, asked Dolly a question: If he were willing to testify that he had not witnessed Sirius committing the crime, could the matter concerning Dobby end there?

Soon, Lucius's letter reached Malfoy's hands.

Malfoy looked at the letter in disbelief, because his all-powerful father seemed to be begging Dolly for mercy, especially since he was saying things he couldn't understand.

Who is Sirius Black?

However, he understood that this matter was related to the Death Eaters. Malfoy knew very well that his family had almost been completely destroyed because of this, so he dared not do anything more and relayed Lucius's words to Dolly.

Dolly was now puzzled.

How did this get involved with Sirius Black?

Dolly, of course, had no idea what a complex logical loop Lucius had constructed in his mind, and he didn't believe at all that Dolly was simply trying to blackmail and exploit him.

There's no way around it; if Dolly really did something like that, she should go to Slytherin.

However, Dolly quickly realized that Lucius thought she wanted to exonerate Sirius.

This is not hard to understand. Dolly and Harry have a visibly good relationship, so it's only natural that Dolly would help Harry save his godfather.

Having figured this out, Dolly smiled and said, "Go back and tell your father that if Sirius can really be exonerated, then Doby will forget everything about the Malfoys."

"As for you, Malfoy, when Rita Skeeter arrives, you should burst into tears and wail, telling her that Buckbeak hurt you and that I blackmailed you."

"Apart from Sirius, you can do whatever you want with the rest."

247

Chapter 247 The Beetle That Walked into the Trap.

After Dolly finished saying what she wanted to say, she and her friends left without looking back, leaving Malfoy alone, completely bewildered.

Dolly actually asked him to continue slandering Buckbeak. Was she serious or was she setting him up?

It wasn't that Malfoy didn't trust Harry; rather, he was completely confused and didn't know what to do.

He was like a pawn used by Dolly and Lucius to pull each other along, not only being pulled around until he was dizzy and disoriented, but also completely unaware of where he was.

Having no other option, Malfoy could only tell Lucius about it and try to get Lucius's opinion.

After careful consideration, Lucius chose to have Malfoy agree with Dolly's suggestion.

As for the reasons, Lucius had already come up with them.

If Dolly does indeed cause trouble for Malfoy later, then he can criticize Malfoy for lax discipline and suppress the matter as a mere young wizard's loose tongue.

After all, Malfoy is only 13 years old. As long as Malfoy doesn't file a complaint against Hogwarts or Hagrid with the Ministry of Magic, he can at most publish an apology in the Daily Prophet, and that will be the end of it.

Of course, he couldn't say that about Malfoy.

Lucius told Mal: ​​"Everything is under control. You just need to focus on doing your job."