According to Linton's understanding, this relationship is actually somewhat similar to the relationship between godfathers in the West.
That is to say, whose belongings the child takes, even if the child recognizes the person as the godfather or godmother, the relationship between the two families will naturally become closer.
Such a system was born mainly because nobles wanted more recognized ways of contacting each other. In addition to in-law relationships, what if the children are not old enough to marry and want to have a guarantee of establishing a relationship with others, so many ideas have arisen.
This is one of the ways to build relationships. Others, such as worshiping others, have this 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.
Who to choose now has naturally become a big problem. After all, if you can be Lin Rui's godfather, your status will obviously take off instantly. Of course, Lin Rui also has a strong support here. This relationship is similar to that of in-laws. That is what everyone wants
We all agree with it, but we can't abandon it casually.
In short, being selected is equivalent to half a relative.
Some people may ask, didn't the child catch this by himself? He must have chosen it randomly. Why did Yalan and Linton need to discuss who to choose?
However, the actual situation is that such an important matter is obviously not chosen randomly. In fact, everything is arranged in advance.
First of all, the list of people who can give gifts can definitely be arranged, but not everyone is qualified to give things. The list itself has been screened a lot.
Secondly, children are actually very easy to control. If it is about drawing lots, you should give them more similar things to play with before. For example, you usually give him a wooden sword toy and let him play with it more. When the lot is drawn, he will watch.
When you see a similar wooden sword, do you think it is your own toy? You will most likely pick it up and continue playing with it.
Because it involves interests, unlike the drawing of lots that Linton understood as a ritual with a symbolic purpose and no practical significance, the drawing of lots here is mixed with a lot of impurities.
Therefore, drawing lots in this world is said to be a matter for children, but in fact it is more like a plan between adults. The actual meaning of Yalan's question is which family should take advantage of this opportunity to win over.
Of course, although Yalan attaches great importance to this matter, it does not matter to Linton. After all, Yalan is talking about some methods to consolidate the throne, but for Linton, the throne still needs to be consolidated?
Didn't I say that whoever becomes the emperor will be the emperor? Didn't this just make Yalan rebel?
"Just let the kids catch them as they please," 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 you. After all, the person who chooses things is a child, so he can guide, but accidents may happen.
The gifts are all prepared by those people themselves. Although everyone knows the unspoken rules, when there are benefits, people will naturally fight for them.
This kind of unexpected situation is not uncommon. For example, some people deliberately give something with a special fragrance to attract their children, and some people even just give it a piece of fruit. The children like to eat it, right? Just because there is no requirement.
You can give whatever you want as a gift.
Obviously there are policies from above and countermeasures from below, and everyone is striving for them.
Although these items must be inspected in advance, as long as they are harmless and non-repetitive, they generally will not be deliberately blocked.
Yalan also explained it to Linton before he understood that this matter was actually quite complicated.
Linton originally didn't want to get involved in this matter, but since Yalan asked him, he could only help with the search.
After looking at the list that has been confirmed so far, there are currently a total of eight families, five of which Linton knows.
This is not because Linton has a good memory, nor is it because Linton has paid attention to these families. Linton can't even name a few ministers who went to court, so it's strange that he can still remember their families.
The reason why Linton knew them was because members of the five families often hung out in front of Linton. However, they were not men from the family, but women from the family.
Yes, there are several women in these five families who are Yalan's best friends, or to be more precise, they are pregnant friends.
Wasn't Yalan pregnant before this? It was boring to stay in the palace, so she couldn't let her stay in a daze all day, so she found a bunch of family members of ministers who were also pregnant to keep her company.
Yalan had taken a modern parenting class before, so she started to teach this group of people. She was very happy and had a sense of accomplishment. Of course, those women were also very serious. On the one hand, they wanted to please, but on the other hand, they really treated them.
it works.
Over time, these women have become Yalan's best friends. Now that our children have been born, we all share the issues of raising children together, and the relationship is quite good.
Therefore, having a good relationship with the emperor will naturally bring blessings to the family. Don't you think it's a good thing to find them?
Who wouldn't want to be the godfather of the crown prince, so naturally their family had already started planning to join this list.
Yalan is not against it. Although she knows the purpose of these families, she feels that she can trust the best friends who can stay with Yalan at present.
In fact, Yalan did not have the consciousness to be a loner. She had 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 does not sound qualified happened to Yalan.
It's not something strange.
As before, the current size of the empire actually requires a strong emperor, and Yalan is really not suitable. If Linton hadn't been there to control the situation, all these problems would have exploded long ago.
When Linton said he had seen these people, he was referring to these women. They were quite familiar to him. After all, they often appeared in front of him. He could see them many times when he went to Yalan.
Linton didn't even know which of these people's husbands were ministers 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 could just be happy.
So although Linton felt 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 difference on his side.
You see, Yalan is introducing these families to him one by one, and seems to be in a good mood. Linton thinks this is okay.
"This is it." Linton seemed to have listened carefully to Yalan's chatter, but in fact, he was still reading the briefing on the guild page over there while listening.
I have to say that this briefing is really interesting. As for why he chose this restaurant, Linton just casually ordered it. It just seemed that he chose it very carefully.
"Oh, the Miran family..." Yalan obviously didn't notice Linton's casualness, and nodded seriously.