Chapter 483: Eastern Thinking
Harry believed that the best method was to let Luo En and Hemin pretend to be a couple for a period of time, not too long, just enough to politely reject the royal family's marriage request. From his perspective, this was a very reasonable and feasible suggestion.
However, Eve was unwilling to give up the advantage she had finally established. She found every excuse to oppose this proposal, and Luo En's secret support made Harry realize that they had already begun to gain momentum, and some sparks of love had appeared.
After this argument, Harry gave up his original idea. He realized that he could not sacrifice the happiness of those around him for the sake of the big picture, and could not simply and rashly make decisions for others. With this thought, Harry still borrowed a little of Hemin's precious time, wanting to hear her thoughts.
"You mean, we are also going to build a magical university?" Hemin's smile carried a trace of being flattered when she heard this news. "Could it be because..."
"A little bit of that reason," Harry said with a smile. "But it's also a coincidence, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Magic both expressed full support."
Hemin let out a long sigh of relief and said very seriously: "Thank you, Harry."
"But this is not the only thing I want to say. We are facing a difficult problem now," Harry put away his smile and said seriously: "The royal family is prepared to invest in supporting the establishment of this school. Correspondingly, they want a naming right, which sounds very reasonable. However, they extended a request, that is, one of the princesses wants to marry Luo En."
Hemin listened carefully.
"Luo En is unwilling, but according to my analysis, this marriage might be related to Super-Wizard power, so I am worried that their next step will be to set the goal on you. After all, Oz is also a very powerful Super-Wizard power, and you seem to be the only single person among all the knights."
After Hemin heard the word "only," her clever brain quickly understood Harry's words and sorted out the status quo: Harry and Zhang Qiu's relationship was something the royal family could not intervene in. Cui Ge and Luna would become weaker once they were broken up. Na Wei and Delake were both old pure-bloods born and raised in the Wizarding World, and the royal family was difficult to influence. Therefore, from some news heard recently, if Luo En and Eve started dating, she would become the only controller of Super-Wizard power that the royal family could best approach and also best manipulate.
"Although I still hold some fluke mentality," Hemin rubbed her temples in distress, "but I know without thinking that I really need to prepare early. There is one thing I still want to confess to you, Harry. I don't want to marry into the royal family, no matter which prince I don't want to, because I hope to enter the political arena in the future to realize my ideals, and once I marry into the royal family, this will become difficult."
Harry heard her subtext. If it was just to be a government official to exert some influence, royal family members could also do it. Hemin could have such concerns, which just showed that she was aiming for a higher position.
"We are willing to provide you with help and support," Harry said, "but I am also worried that improper handling will annoy the royal family, causing the magical college matter to be affected."
"You are right, regarding my awkward status in the Wizarding World," Hemin smiled self-deprecatingly. "If you really support me, they won't think this is a simple friendship voice, but will feel that it is like another large-scale movement, a civil rights movement of conflict between the Wizarding World and the Muggle world. I don't want to be a fuse again."
"Then what if we establish an alliance of Super-Wizard power..." Harry rubbed his chin.
"Do you think Malfoy would be willing to sit with me?" Hemin raised her eyebrows. "And if he is not there, how can this alliance gain broad support in the Wizarding World?"
Harry stopped talking. He felt that things had become very tricky: Tang Nade was once Hemin's best backing. Now, although she seemed to have gotten rid of this scumbag, she also lost her only reliance in the vortex of the general trend.
After a brief hesitation, Hemin sighed, "Perhaps, the best way is for me to pretend to be in a relationship with the prince for a period of time, and then refuse him with reasons like personality incompatibility."
Before Harry could express his opinion, Hemin added: "Otherwise, with my status and background, what other way is there?"
Indeed, this method could achieve a tactful refusal, and there was no need to worry about royal coercion, because they should know that once Hemin was really annoyed, it would only do more harm than good. Harry believed that the royal family was still relatively rational, or even if any prince was irrational, the current Queen was always rational. And, even if Hemin's foundation was good, with this sloppy and disheveled appearance, it shouldn't be that she would encounter any "irrational" prince.
Harboring a trace of guilt toward Hemin, Harry accepted this proposal.
As soon as school was over on Friday, Harry and Luo En Apparated back to Downton, and this time, he tried to take Eve with him by side-along Apparition based on his familiarity with the destination. As a result, Harry did it perfectly, which made his mood much better.
Just as they were discussing how to deal with that Princess Sarah, Zhang Qiu, who had been wandering outside all day, also returned here and joined them excitedly.
However, while talking, suddenly she began to show a strange smile.
"You mean, if we refuse Princess Sarah, you are worried that the royal family will continue to send princes to marry Hemin?"
Harry said with a worried face: "Yes, Hemin said very aggrievedly that she was afraid she could only pretend to be in a relationship with the prince, and then politely refuse him."
"Refuse? Why refuse?" Zhang Qiu widened her eyes. "My God, I always thought that marriage between princes and relatives would only be written in heaven-defying novels. I didn't expect to encounter it in reality!"
"What?" Harry didn't understand.
"If, I mean if," Zhang Qiu held up two fingers, "this prince marries the excellent graduate of Hogwarts, Rosa Parks in the field of the Statute of Secrecy, the owner of Oz's Eternal Bird, Harry Potter's good friend Hemin Granger, do you know what this means?"
"Marrying so many people at the same time, he committed bigamy."
Zhang Qiu twisted Eve's arm unsparingly, making her dare not interrupt again, and then she said seriously: "He is equivalent to marrying the entire Wizarding World."
"Yes, this is the good calculation of the royal family. If you replace Hemin with Luo En, they can be even happier. Perhaps Mountbatten was also related to the Doctor project of the Wizarding World back then. Is this any good thing?" Harry thought Zhang Qiu had some high-level discussion, but she said something everyone knew, which made him a bit impatient.
"Whoever gets the support of the Ministry of Magic can become Prime Minister," Zhang Qiu said unhurriedly. "Then similarly, whoever prince gets the support of the Wizarding World can become the real King."
"First of all, our royal family adopts the eldest child succession system, they may not necessarily send the eldest prince to marry Hemin; secondly, our royal family doesn't have much power. In contrast, Hemin wants to compete for Minister of Magic more," Harry said plainly. "So, I think your idea is not very feasible."
"First of all, as people in the Wizarding World who almost live in the Middle Ages, we don't have to follow the constitutional monarchy. We can completely support the restoration of the royal family and regain power," Zhang Qiu leaned back confidently, "back to the era of Elizabeth I and the Tudor Dynasty."
"As for the issue of the throne, there is no need to strictly follow the eldest child succession system. After all, he has the support of the entire Wizarding World. We can adopt the succession system of seizing the throne, or the succession system of Xuanwu Gate. If the prince is not a direct descendant, we can also adopt the succession system of welcoming foreign vassals."
After a series of terms that were difficult to understand, Harry heard the most core sentence.
"After all, if you don't consider strategic weapons, no Muggle can compete with wizards, so the arrival of this marriage prince is just the right opportunity for the Wizarding World to take over this country."
He swallowed with difficulty and said hesitantly: "You wouldn't be suggesting that we launch a coup, would you?"
"Yes, if there is no such prince, it will take a lot of effort for us to launch a revolution. For example, Grindelwald's painful failure is still before our eyes," Zhang Qiu said indifferently. "And with this prince, the nature becomes a coup, then it will be effortless, and will no longer encounter the obstruction of righteous wizards."
Before Zhang Qiu could use more tiger-wolf words to cause immeasurable bad influence on young people like Eve, Harry decisively pulled her away from the tea room. Before leaving, he said very perfunctorily: "I'll talk to her alone, you guys continue to discuss tomorrow's affairs."
"Hey, Harry, don't you approve?" Zhang Qiu asked naturally.
Harry wiped the sweat from his forehead. He attributed all this to cultural differences. "Why can you always think of these ideas of armed coup? And the proposal to invade surrounding countries suddenly last time? Is it because Chinese culture encourages these?"
Zhang Qiu's complexion was very wonderful. It was a kind of guilty conscience mixed with pride because she learned history well, and worry that she would look very immoral if she showed a smile.
"In short, those are not important," she skipped this topic. "What's important is that you should have known the concept of Philosopher King, and probably understand that that is the most ideal system. Perhaps you will look forward to assisting a Prime Minister who is smart and great enough, but have you ever thought about serving as this Philosopher King yourself?" ===== CHAPTER 484 =====
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