Some time after the party ended, Lucius began to run around for his son, and Malfoy stayed at his home and spent a relatively stable time.
The final trial is scheduled for Friday.
There was no public hearing.
The news was well blocked. Under Umbridge's "suggestions" and means, the trial was only limited to a small circle, and the results would be announced to the public after the trial was over.
Presumably with the help of the Daily Prophet, public opinion will soon be changed.
The Malfoy family rushed to the Ministry of Magic early. Compared with the previous time when Lucius sued Dumbledore for his incompetence, they were in a much more relaxed mood this time.
Especially Lucius, who has a plan in his chest.
Narcissa even fought for the privilege of not wearing handcuffs for her son. When he was judged, the chains on the armrests on both sides of the chair would not restrain him maliciously.
They all came early, and Malfoy sat on the chair in the middle of the room, staring at the rows of empty benches extending from low to high in front of him.
He is not worried about the outcome of this trial, it has long been doomed.
Afterwards, the door was opened, and a faint light illuminated the dark room, and people came in one after another. With the help of the dim light of the torch, they sat down one by one.
A middle-aged man took a long step, dragging his robe, walked all the way to the first row, and sat down with Lucius.
"Lucius, I hope that after this trial, I can give my daughter a surprise, and that kid from your family can cheer me up." Hector Parkinson frowned and patted Lu Xiu affectionately. Adam's shoulders.
It is equivalent to cheering in disguise.
"We'll wait and see." Lucius nodded restrainedly, leaning his cane on the seat.
Dozens of jury members wearing fuchsia robes began to enter the arena one after another. Just after they found their seats and took their seats one after another, there were ten drumming bells above their heads, and the extremely penetrating voice penetrated the arena. After passing through layers of stone walls, he came to the courtroom.
Time is up.
"If everyone's here, I think we can get started, okay?" Umbridge said, standing still, dragging her delicate tone.
It has to be said that Umbridge, as a boss who squeezes and controls himself, will look very annoying.
But when she is close to pleasing someone, the convenience she gets is beyond imagination.
For example, now that Malfoy sees most of the jury members in the audience smiling and nodding in good faith, Umbridge has a large part of the credit.
Of course, his father also contributed a lot of effort.
The benefit of the move is enough to make many neutral people fall to them.
There are also a few exceptions, looking at Malfoy full of hostility and doubts.
A man sitting in the front row, his brown hair was like a lion's hair, curled and scattered, and the center of his brow was deeply sunken, which looked very scary.
Rufus Scrimgeour, staring straight ahead with his wide-eyed eyes, was not angry.
As a strong contender for the previous minister, he was very unhappy with Umbridge's strategy of doing nothing.
Especially now that Dumbledore is dead, the situation is getting worse, and a radical person is needed to stand up and take up the current situation.
In his eyes, Malfoy was very suspicious and worthy of torture.
Umbridge stood up for him again, and even reached out to the Wizengamot court, and many people were lobbied by her.
The impact of Dumbledore's death is not limited to Hogwarts. Just look at the speech Dumbledore gave here not long ago, and the testimony of his students. At that time, many people deeply believed it. , which now changes direction.
Positions are extremely easy to change.
Percy of the Weasley family stood respectfully behind Umbridge, using a quill to record something on the parchment, and then stopped again, waiting for the court to start.
Malfoy's eyes scanned his eyes, and he even saw Professor McGonagall, whom he had just met not long ago. Her eagle-like sharp eyes were shining brightly in the dark courtroom, staring at him motionlessly.
It was a gaze of pure scrutiny.
Of course she didn't know that the Hogwarts incident not long ago was caused by Malfoy.
And nothing more.
Because nothing seemed lost and no one was hurt.
Of course, the injury on the bridge of Ron's nose should not be counted. After Madam Pomfrey's treatment, it healed as before in one night.
The other anomaly is that Pansy has been distracted all day.
But no one's going to connect that with that riot, are they? Who would care about a female student's psychology? At this age, emotional changes are nothing more than normal.
The school then took another day off to ease the situation, and classes were not resumed until the day after the funeral.
And just the evening before resuming classes, when she was about to fulfill her duties as the new principal, when she started to work, an owl smashed through the glass window with a red envelope in its mouth and broke into her office.
After tearing open the envelope, she read through the thin glasses, and received an audit request from the Ministry of Magic.
So came here this morning.
Looking at Malfoy on the podium, she still felt inexplicably sad.
Last time, Dumbledore stood in the same position and was questioned, but now everything is different.
Regarding this student's performance, she still hoped that he was innocent and hoped that she could be convinced.
This is out of a teacher's vision, no normal teacher would want their students to go astray, especially a staid and stubborn witch like her.
"Okay." Umbridge cleared his throat, and tapped the small hammer on the table in front of him.
With two "dongdong" sounds, everyone's attention was attracted.
"In order to save everyone's time, how about we skip the accusation against Mr. Draco Malfoy? After all, everyone already knew what happened to him during the last trial."
The jury members began to whisper, as if recalling scenes from the previous trial.
Few objected.
Because most people's position is already clear before the trial.
In the previous trial, Dumbledore was eloquent, and the rebuttals of several witnesses pushed Lucius to a dead end. If he hadn't left at the last minute because of Azkaban, the conclusion could have been completely settled.
But with his "death", the situation became reversed.
The victim and witness Barty Crouch did not participate in this new trial for unknown reasons.
Now, almost everything that was bad for Malfoy has been cut out, and the good factors are dominant.
Coupled with Umbridge's deliberate guidance, everything is developing in a good direction.
Under the coercion of power and the temptation of wealth, it seems that whitewashing is not as difficult as imagined.