I really can't control myself.

Chapter 3392 Benefits

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

In other words, whoever's things the child takes, the child will recognize that person as godfather or godmother, and the relationship between the two families will naturally become closer.

The reason why such a system was born was mainly because the nobles wanted more ways to communicate with each other. In addition to in-laws, what if they didn't have enough children to marry but wanted to establish a relationship with someone else with a guarantee? So many ways to establish relationships emerged, and this was one of them. Others, such as sworn brotherhood, all had the same purpose.

And Lin Rui’s incident this time is obviously another big deal. After all, Lin Rui is now the only heir to the empire.

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

In short, being chosen is equivalent to being half a relative by marriage.

Some people may ask, didn’t the child grab it himself? He must have chosen it randomly, so why did Yalan and Linton need to discuss who to choose?

However, the reality is that such an important matter is obviously not chosen randomly, but is actually all arranged in advance.

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

Secondly, children are actually very easy to control. For example, if you let them play with similar things before drawing lots, for example, you can give them a wooden sword toy and let them play with it. When they see a similar wooden sword during the drawing lots, they will think it is their toy and will most likely pick it up and continue playing with it.

Because it involves interests, unlike the drawing of lots that Linton knew, which was just a symbolic ceremony with no practical significance, the drawing of lots here was mixed with a lot of impurities.

So the lottery 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 to take advantage of this opportunity to win over a certain family.

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

Didn’t I say whoever becomes emperor get to be it? And didn’t you just ask Yalan to rebel?

"Just let the kids grab whatever they want." Linton said casually.

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

The reality is that if you don't guide, someone else will guide the matter. After all, the person who chooses things is a child, and you can guide them, but accidents may happen.

The gifts were all prepared by those people themselves. Although everyone knows the unspoken rules, when there are benefits, naturally people will fight for them.

This kind of unexpected situation is not uncommon. For example, some people deliberately give something with a special fragrance to attract children, and some people even give fruits directly, because children like to eat them. Because there is no rule on what to give, people give all kinds of things.

It is obvious that every policy has a countermeasure, and everyone is trying to get it.

Although these things need to be checked in advance, as long as they are not harmful and non-repetitive, they are generally not deliberately blocked.

Ya Lan also explained it to Linton, and only then did Linton realize 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 look for it. Looking at the list that had been confirmed, there were a total of eight families, five of which Linton knew.

It's not that Linton has a good memory, nor that Linton has 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 remember their families.

The reason why Linton knew them was because people from five of these families often appeared in front of Linton. However, they were not men from the family, but women from the family.

Yes, several women among these five families are Yalan’s best friends, or to be more precise, pregnancy friends.

Before this, Ya Lan was pregnant. She was bored staying in the palace and couldn't just sit there all day, so she found a bunch of ministers' families who were also pregnant to keep her company.

Yalan had taken a modern breastfeeding class before, so she started teaching this group of 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 their relationship is quite good.

Therefore, it is natural to have a good relationship with the emperor within the Fukuzawa family. You see, they are found when there is good news.

Who wouldn't want to become the crown prince's godfather? So naturally, their family had already begun planning to join the list.

Ya Lan was not opposed to it. Although she knew the purpose of these families, she felt that the close friends who could stay with her were all trustworthy.

In fact, Yalan had no intention of being alone. She had no attachment to the throne from the beginning. Now she just wanted to help her son occupy the position. So it was not strange for Yalan to have such an idea that sounded unqualified.

As I said before, the current size of the empire actually requires a strong emperor, and Yalan is really not suitable. If it weren't for Linton to keep things in check, these problems would have exploded long ago.

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

Linton didn't even know which ministers in the court the husbands of these people were, 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 close friends to talk to, as long as 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, they couldn't make a scene on his side.

Look, now Yalan is introducing these families to him one by one, and she seems to be in a good mood. Linton thinks that's enough.

"This one." Linton seemed to have listened 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 quite interesting. As for why this one was chosen, Linton just ordered it casually, but it looked like he chose it very carefully.

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