Chapter 2530 man on a mission(twenty-three)

"Cedric!"

The handsome young man who was about to enter the foyer turned his head and looked at Pomona.

"Dean."

He said with a polite smile, and she looked at him with a smile.

"Why don't you stay in school during the summer vacation?"

"I'm going to the Quidditch World Cup with my dad, and he got two tickets from Mr. Bagman," Cedric said.

"Why is he so generous?" Pomona exclaimed.

"My dad helped him out. He was surrounded by a group of goblins."

"Oh." Pomona understood. Cedric's father worked at the Goblin Liaison Office, and Mr. Bagman had always had financial problems.

"My dad thought he would be on duty this summer, so he didn't buy a ticket. I told him not to accept it," Cedric said helplessly.

"Don't worry, just go ahead." She still smiled.

"I have a question, Headmaster." Cedric said suddenly, "I heard that you gave Longbottom a summer homework assignment."

"That's what happened. I asked him to go to Scamander's place to get my... and get something back," Pomona said.

"I was wondering if it was possible..." Cedric hesitated.

Pomona looked at him, waiting for him to finish, but finally Cedric shook his head and turned into the hall.

"Have you ever considered this possibility?" Snape walked out from around the corner.

"Why are you so invisible?" Pomona complained.

"Your best student wants to complete the summer homework assigned by you on Longbottom's behalf." Snape ignored her and continued.

"What...why?" she asked confused.

"Because he can take this opportunity to get close to Newt Scamander. He will be in seventh grade next school year. He needs this opportunity more than Longbottom."

Pomona had some realization.

"I really don't understand why you gave this opportunity to Gryffindor and not to your own house." Snape said bitterly, "Or are you just giggling all day long and your mind is empty?"

"I didn't smile stupidly!" she said seriously. "That was a polite smile."

Snape glanced at her coldly and walked into the foyer to eat.

Pomona thought deeply about his reminder, but within a minute, Minerva appeared. This was the first time they had faced each other since the last dispute on the marble stairs.

"You remind me of the Fat Friar," Minerva said. "He's been trying to get the ghosts to accept Peeves to the party."

"Neville is not Peeves," Pomona said. "He's not trying to be naughty."

Minerva was silent for a while.

"If I refuse, will I be as unhuman as a ghost?"

"If you say no, I will keep asking until you agree to give him a chance," Pomona said.

"This involves the safety of many people." Minerva said anxiously.

"I know." Pomona said calmly, "You have your own concerns too."

'Just like me.'

Pomona said to herself that she just said it casually without thinking too much. What child would like "summer homework"?

"Thank you for your understanding." Minerva breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's go eat." Pomona said, then holding Minerva's hand, they walked into the cafeteria together.

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There was a knock on the door.

"Come in," she said habitually.

But the person who opened the door and walked in was not a teenage Hogwarts student.

"Everyone is waiting for you, ma'am," Ludrell said.

"Wait until I finish writing this." Georgiana said, immersed herself in writing the letter to Padma, and then handed the still-dry letter to Ludrell across the desk, "Send it for me.

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Ludrell took the letter and asked, "Where is this going to be sent?"

"London, where my student lives." Pomona took a sip of water. "Do you know where Miss Patil is?"

Ludrell put the letter away. "Are you ready to go back?"

"I have a question. Do you know Madame Pompidou?" Pomona asked Ludreher. "And Madame Estrade?"

"Madame Estrade is Madame Pompidou's cousin. Madame Pompidou originally called her into the palace and arranged a marriage for her to marry the Archduke Bardos. In 1745, the Archduke married her in Fontenoy.

She was killed in the Battle of Watts, and she never remarried and has been living in the Palace of Versailles." Lederer immediately said, "Mrs. Estrade accompanies Madame Pompidou like a sister..."

"But she secretly planned to manipulate Madame Choiseul to replace Madame Pompidou." Georgiana said, "I roughly know the ins and outs of the matter, but I want to know something else."

"What do you mean?" Ludrell asked.

"Tell me everything!" she said upset.

"People in the palace are discussing that France should not join the War of Austrian Succession." Lederer said, "We have paid too many costs and received too few benefits, especially after the signing of the Peace Treaty of Aachen.

Prices haven’t dropped.”

Pomona was stunned for a moment, "Why did you suddenly mention the Treaty of Aachen?"

"I heard that you have collected a document about the disappearance of children in Paris in 1750."

"You're investigating me?" she said.

"There are no secrets in the palace. Do you want to continue hearing it?" Ludrell asked.

She was silent, and Ludrell continued.

In the Treaty of Aachen, Britain reaffirmed its priority in the slave trade and shipped slaves to the Spanish colonies. It was not until the signing of the Treaty of Madrid in 1750 that the slave trade issue was completely resolved. Britain gave up its priority in the slave trade in the treaty.

rights, and the Spanish government compensated Britain 100,000 pounds.

During this time, the king continued to increase taxes, and a large number of vagrants, prostitutes and undesirables were rounded up by the police and then reportedly shipped to Canada, the area of ​​Nova Scotia that was returned to France under the Treaty of Aachen.

At least there is no need to worry about starvation in North America. Without these homeless people, the population of France will be reduced a lot. According to the relationship between supply and demand, the price of grain will also drop. But according to rumors, the police arrested too many people, and parents in Paris live in fear.

They are afraid that their children will be taken away by mistake or even kidnapped.

The "breaking point" of the matter was that a little boy disappeared mysteriously from a citizen's home. The frantic mother screamed and asked the neighbors to help search for him. Finally, a quarter of the city's people were mobilized.

The Parisians liked Louis XV at first, but on this day, they called him King Herod, and their anger forced the king to leave Versailles and go to Compiègne via Saint-Denis.

A new road was later built there next to the post road, named chemin de la revolte (Road of Resistance), to commemorate this incident.

"I have always found it strange, madam, why British financiers were so active in buying shares of the Mechelen Railroad this time." Ludreher said after finishing what she wanted to hear, "And the news about the Mississippi conflict.

Not a single newspaper published it."

She sighed, and Luederer almost revealed the British intention to short the Mechelen Railway.

"They actually have no interest in buying shares, I mean, not a single British person actually wants to spend money," Ludreher said.

"Does Madame de Vaudet know this?" asked Georgiana.

"About this, I think you misunderstood. It's not because it offended her," Ludrell said.

"What is that?" asked Georgiana.

"Do you remember that you asked the jeweler to give each lady attending the opening ceremony of the track an amethyst lotus?"

She nodded.

"Mrs. de Vaudet's name is not on this list."

"What?" Georgiana stood up.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has explained to her that this jewelry is only given to Belgian ladies, but she does not seem to accept this explanation."

"What reason does she have for not accepting it?" Georgiana asked.

"I'm just telling you what I saw," Ludrell said.

As mentioned before, Versailles has hundreds of details that are meaningless but cannot be ignored.

She took a deep breath, packed up, and left the lounge with Ludrell.
Chapter completed!