I really can't control myself

According to Linton's understanding, this kind of relationship is actually a bit similar to the relationship of recognizing godfathers in the West.

That is, whoever the child takes, then even if he recognizes that person as godfather or godmother, the relationship between the two families will naturally become closer.

Such a system was born mainly because the nobles wanted more recognized ways of contact. In addition to in-laws, what if the child is not married enough but wants to establish a relationship with others with a guarantee? Therefore, many ways of establishing relationships have emerged, and this is one of them. Others, such as sworn brotherhood, are for the same purpose.

And this time Lin Rui's matter is obviously a big deal. After all, Lin Rui is now the only heir to the empire.

At present, choosing who to choose has naturally become a big problem. After all, being able to be Lin Rui's godfather, his status is obviously taking off instantly. Of course, Lin Rui also has a strong support here. This kind of relationship is similar to in-laws. It is recognized by everyone and cannot be abandoned casually.

In short, being selected is equivalent to half a foreign relative.

Some people may ask, didn't the child catch it himself? He must have chosen it casually. Why do you need Yalan and Linton to discuss who to choose?

However, the actual situation is that such an important matter is obviously not chosen randomly, but all are arranged in advance.

First of all, the list of people who can send gifts can definitely be arranged, and not everyone is qualified to send gifts. The list itself has been screened a lot.

Secondly, children are actually very easy to control. It is said to be drawing lots. You can let him play with similar things more before, for example, give him a wooden sword toy and let him play with it more. When he sees a similar wooden sword when drawing lots, he will think it is his toy, and he will probably pick it up and continue to play.

Because it involves interests, unlike the drawing lots that Linton knows, which is just a symbolic purpose and has no practical significance. The drawing lots here are mixed with a lot of impurities.

So the drawing lots in this world, said to be a matter for children, is actually more like a plan between adults. The actual meaning of Yalan's question is to take advantage of this opportunity to win over which family.

Of course, although Yalan attaches great importance to this matter, it doesn't matter to Linton. After all, Yalan talked about some ways to consolidate the throne, and for Linton, does the throne still need to be consolidated?

Didn't I say whoever becomes the emperor will be the emperor? Didn't I just ask Yalan to rebel?

"Just let the child catch whatever he wants." Linton said casually.

"This is not something that can be caught casually." Yalan said.

The actual situation is that if you don't guide, someone will guide it. After all, the person who chooses things is a child. He can be guided, but there will be accidents.

The things sent are prepared by those people themselves. Although everyone knows the unspoken rules, when there are benefits, naturally someone will fight for it.

Such unexpected situations are not uncommon. For example, some people deliberately send something that can emit a special fragrance to attract children, and some people even directly send fruits or something like that. Children like to eat, right? Just because there is no regulation on what must be sent, there are all kinds of things.

Obviously, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below, and everyone is fighting for it.

Although these things must be checked in advance, as long as they are harmless and non-repetitive, they will generally not be deliberately stopped.

Yalan also explained to Linton, so that Linton understood that this matter was actually quite complicated.

Linton didn't want to get involved in this matter, but since Yalan asked him, he could only help to find one.

Looking at the confirmed list, there are a total of eight families, five of which Linton knows.

This is not because Linton has a good memory, nor has he paid attention to these families. Linton can't even call out the names of a few ministers who came to court, it's strange that he can still remember their families.

And the reason why Linton knows them is because the people of five of them often hang in front of Linton. But they are not men in the family, but women in the family.

Yes, there are several women in these five families who are Yalan's best friends, or more accurately, pregnant friends.

Before this, Yalan was pregnant, and she was bored in the palace. This couldn't let her be in a daze all day, so she found a bunch of ministers' families who were also pregnant to accompany her.

Yalan had taken modern breastfeeding classes before, so she started to teach these people. She was quite happy and felt a sense of accomplishment. Of course, those women were also very serious. On the one hand, they were trying to please, and on the other hand, it was really useful to them.

After a while, these women became Yalan's best friends. Now that everyone's children are born, they share the task of raising children together, and the relationship is quite good.

So having a good relationship with the emperor will naturally benefit the family. You see, they are found when there is a good thing.

Who doesn't want to climb the status of the crown prince's godfather, so their families have naturally begun to plan to join the list.

Yalan is not opposed to it. Although she knows the purpose of these families, she thinks that these best friends who can stay with Yalan are trustworthy.

In fact, Yalan has no awareness of being a lonely person. She has no attachment to the throne from the beginning. Now she just wants to help her son occupy the position. So this kind of idea that sounds unqualified is not a strange thing for Yalan.

As before, the current scale of the empire actually requires a strong emperor, and Yalan is really not suitable. If it weren't for Linton to keep the peace, these problems would have been exposed long ago.

When Linton said he had seen these people, he was referring to these women, and they were all quite familiar. After all, they often appeared in front of him, and he could see them many times when he went to see Yalan.

Linton didn't even know which minister the husbands of these people were in the court, and of course he didn't care what these women were thinking. The main thing was that it was good for Yalan to have a few girlfriends to talk to, and she was happy.

So although Linton felt that there were some problems with this list at first glance, he didn't care. Anyway, no matter who it was, he couldn't make a big fuss here.

You see, Yalan is still introducing these families to him one by one, and it seems that she is in a good mood. Linton thinks that this is enough.

"This one." Linton seemed to listen to Yalan's nagging seriously, but in fact he was still reading the briefing on the guild page while listening.

I have to say that this briefing is really interesting. As for why he chose this one, Linton just chose it casually, but it just looks like he chose it very seriously.

"Oh, the Miran family..." Ya Lan obviously didn't notice Linton's casualness, and nodded seriously.