Seeing that there was space under the canopy where the Duke of Chengen and the Vice Minister of Rites were, they immediately ran over to take shelter from the rain.

The coachman of the Duke of Cheng'en saw that the girl was only eleven or twelve years old, and her hair was tied up haphazardly with a strip of cloth.

Dressed in tattered and thin clothes, and still quite cold in Kyoto in January, this little girl was only wearing single shoes.

"You stinking beggar, where do you think you're going? Get out of my way." Cheng En Gong's coachman guessed that she was a country girl, probably a poor beggar.

With a forceful push, he shoved the little girl into the rain.

The little girl, pushed into the rain, covered her head with her hands and squeezed back in.

She stared at the coachman with wide, round eyes and said angrily, "I'm just taking shelter from the rain, what's it to you? This is the capital, not your home."

The prime minister's doorman was a seventh-rank official! He was the personal coachman of the Duke of Cheng'en, and even officials below the fifth rank had to respectfully call him "young man."

At this moment, seeing the girl squeeze to the side of Duke Cheng'en's carriage again, he shouted, "You dare to offend Duke Cheng'en? How many heads do you have to chop off?"

"You're not the Duke of Cheng'en, so what's with your arrogance? Besides, even the Duke of Cheng'en couldn't just kill ordinary people like that, could he?"

The Duke of Cheng'en saw that the little girl looked like a little beggar, yet she showed no fear whatsoever. Her large, almond-shaped eyes were round and big, with clear, dark pupils.

This girl is young; once she grows up, she'll definitely be a rare beauty.

He believed in the principle of "yin-yang replenishment." This girl was clearly a virgin. His health and spirit had deteriorated significantly over the past year. He would take the girl back first, and then take her after the Empress Dowager's funeral.

His face softened as he reprimanded the driver, "Don't be rude to ordinary people. —Miss, where are you from? Do you have somewhere to go?"

The little girl rolled her big eyes, tilted her head to look at Cheng'en Gong, and said, "I come from the mountains and have come to the capital to find my brother."

Who is your older brother?

"Lu Xinzhi".

"Which government department do you work for?"

"have no idea."

The Duke of Chengen patiently persuaded him, saying, "There's nothing I can't handle in Da Gan. Go and stay at the Duke of Chengen's residence first. As long as your brother is still alive, I will definitely find him for you."

The little girl happily boarded his carriage.