Jiang Si smiled at Dou Shuwan and said, "You are welcome, cousin. Please take a seat."

"Thank you, Princess." Dou Shuwan bowed and then sat down next to the stool.

Now that the fourth girl's status is different, it would be ridiculous if she relied on her seniority.

Jiang Si nodded secretly.

Apart from anything else, this cousin is a very interesting person.

He motioned Aqiao and the others to leave. Suddenly, only three people were left in the room. Jiang Si took a sip from the water cup and asked, "I wonder what your cousin thinks about marriage?"

Dou Shuwan didn't expect Jiang Si to ask this and was stunned.

Jiang Si put the teacup on the tea table and looked at Dou Shuwan with an indifferent expression.

Dou Shuwan's face gradually turned red.

Jiang Si was not in a hurry and waited quietly for her answer.

After a depressing silence, Dou Shuwan suddenly bowed deeply to Jiang Si: "If the princess asks me what I think, I only want a partner of equal appearance, with whom I can treat each other with respect."

She said this with a slightly excited tone.

She couldn't help being excited.

Recently, her aunt's intentions have become more and more obvious. She has even started to urge her in her words. I'm afraid she won't let her pretend to be confused for too long.

But she really didn't want to marry her eldest cousin as a concubine.

She was once the apple of her mother's eye, and she also had her first crush on love and fantasized about what her future husband would look like. In her imagination, that man could be powerless and look ordinary, but at least he would treat her sincerely and would not have his heart filled with others from the beginning...

No matter how good a man like her cousin is, she doesn't want to marry him.

But there were many things beyond her control. Without her mother and sent to her aunt's house by her father, she was like a rootless duckweed. It was very difficult for her to be independent.

Dou Shuwan was a smart person. When she heard Jiang Si's question, she immediately understood what the other party meant.

She must seize this opportunity to escape the fate of being manipulated by her aunt!

"Good appearance and good character?" Jiang Si murmured these four words.

Dou Shuwan looked determined and said, "He is of good character and appearance."

Looking at that beautiful young face, Jiang Si smiled: "Cousin Dou is a man of outstanding appearance. It is not easy to find a man of equal appearance, but there will always be one."

Dou Shuwan bowed to Jiang Si again and said, "Thank you, Princess. If this really works out, it will be my good fortune."

Jiang Si and Jiang Yi looked at each other.

Jiang Yi nodded gently.

She didn't want to see her grandmother forcibly bring her cousin Dou and her father together. Besides feeling sorry for her father, she also felt sympathy for her cousin Dou.

She used to be confused about the relationship between men and women, but now she understands it somewhat.

She could see the struggle and unwillingness in Dou Shuwan's eyes. Women in this world are pitiful people.

"The doctor said I shouldn't move around too much in the first few months, but I'm bound to get bored staying at home. If you have nothing to do, why don't you stay with me for a few days?"

Dou Shuwan glanced at Jiang Yi in surprise.

Jiang Yi smiled and said, "I also want to accompany my sister, but Yanyan can't leave me. Bringing her here will inevitably disturb my sister's rest. I'm so shameless to trouble my cousin to share my worries."

Dou Shuwan hesitated for only a moment before agreeing, saying politely, "I am clumsy, I hope the princess doesn't mind."

Jiang Si smiled slightly: "How could that be? My cousin is willing to stay with me, I couldn't ask for more."

Dou Shuwan is a person who knows what she wants and will not dream of things she cannot get. She is willing to help such people.

The carriage carried Jiang Yi back to the Duke of Dongping's mansion.

In the Cixin Hall, Old Madam Feng was shocked: "The princess left your cousin behind?"

"Well, the fourth sister was feeling bored because of her pregnancy, and she thought she got along well with her cousin, so she kept her."

Old Madam Feng looked uncertain for a moment.

Get along well with Dou Shuwan?

It has been more than a day or two since her niece came to the uncle's house, and Jiang Si did not get married early. The two of them have been living together in the uncle's house for at least half a year. How could she not see that the two of them got along well?

Jiang Si, what does this mean?

"Your fourth sister is pregnant at such a young age, so it would be more appropriate for you, as her elder sister, to stay with her. After all, you are an experienced person, and your cousin claims to be an elder, but in fact, she is still an ignorant girl..."

"I also want to stay and accompany my fourth sister, but we still have Yanyan. Yanyan is at her lively and noisy age. If she goes to the palace with me, it will be troublesome if she disturbs my fourth sister." Jiang Yi explained softly.

Old Madam Feng nodded slowly.

It is indeed inappropriate to bring a child of several years old to accompany a pregnant woman.

But Jiang Si's decision to leave Dou Shuwan behind still made Old Madam Feng think about it.

"Master..." A maid's greeting came from the door, and soon Jiang Ancheng walked in.

After hurriedly paying respects to Madam Feng, Jiang Ancheng couldn't wait to ask Jiang Yi, "How is your fourth sister?"

Old Madam Feng was so angry when she saw this.

When his wife was alive, he was always thinking about her. After her death, he was always thinking about his daughter. Can't a grown man have some ambition?

"Don't worry, father. Fourth sister is fine. It seems that the prince is very considerate to her..."

Jiang Ancheng nodded repeatedly, and his expression finally relaxed: "Mother, you two can chat, I'm going to the study."

Jiang Ancheng came and went in a hurry, but he reminded Old Madam Feng: Could it be that Jiang Si suddenly kept Dou Shuwan because of the boss?

Yes, that girl has a strange personality and is intolerant. She certainly doesn't want her father to take a second wife.

Seeing that Jiang Si had become the princess, Old Lady Feng's desire to marry Dou Shuwan to Jiang Ancheng became stronger. Now that her plan was suddenly disrupted, she felt as if a stone was blocking her heart, but she was helpless.

In the end, the old lady could only comfort herself: Forget it, since Jiang Si is unwilling, let's talk about it later. The Bo family will still rely on the fourth girl to support them in the future, so there is no need to provoke her just to marry a concubine for the eldest son.

It was only a few days later that Yu Jin realized there was a new relative in the mansion.

"I thought she was the maid who came with you from the Bo's Mansion, but she turned out to be your cousin?"

"Don't you notice that you're dressed differently?"

Yu Jin smiled shyly: "I haven't looked at them carefully, so I think they are all the same."

"My cousin has a hard life. Her father sent her to Beijing so that my grandmother could arrange a marriage for her."

"So what?" Yu Jin understood some of the meaning.

"So you should keep an eye out for the right person and be a matchmaker for your cousin if you find one."

Yu Jin laughed: "I don't know many talented men of letters, but I can count many young generals with promising futures. I just don't know if your cousin is willing to marry a general."

Apart from anything else, the palace has its own military regulations, and many of them serve directly for him.

"My cousin only asks for someone of decent appearance and a considerate attitude."

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it." Yu Jin agreed immediately and talked about the news he just learned, "The censor who impeached me the most that day committed a crime and was expelled from the capital by my father."

Jiang Si's expression became serious.

Yu Jin sneered: "It seems that the man is waving the flag for someone else. I said he was working so hard!"