This was the voice of a man, sounding very young, lazy, yet with a faint sense of arrogance as if he naturally trampled everyone underfoot.
Shang Ruyi cautiously said, "Thank you."
The other's voice carried a bit more amusement, lazily saying, "After congratulating the happy event, asking for some of the good luck isn't too much, is it?"
Tushere, being somewhat clever, took a red envelope out of his sleeve.
However, the person inside the carriage coldly said, "What I want is Miss Ruyi's good luck."
Shang Ruyi thought for a moment and asked Tushere to bring over a bundle from inside the carriage. It was filled with hairpins and rings, items worn by women, clearly not something to casually give away. Shang Ruyi rummaged through it and found a thumbnail-sized, smooth and exquisite white Jade Pendant.
This kind of thing was indeed appropriate to give.
So, she handed it to Tushere, who got off the carriage and walked over to pass the Jade Pendant to the window.
"Here."
A fair large hand stretched out from inside, taking the Jade Pendant.
Tushere immediately leaned forward, wanting to see who was inside the carriage, but the curtain quickly fell.
The carriage was silent for a moment, then the amused voice sounded again, "Miss Ruyi is truly broad-minded."
Shang Ruyi said, "Then, can I know who you are, sir?"
The other merely chuckled lightly and said, "Who I am is not important. What's important is that Miss Ruyi is about to get married. I can't just take this good luck for nothing."
"..."
"Then I wish you and Feng Chen—may your feelings be in harmony."
After he spoke, he gave an order, and the carriage drove away.
Tushere stood there, watching the carriage disappear at the end of the long street before returning to the carriage, muttering, "What kind of person is that, speaking so cryptically."
Shang Ruyi sat there with a grave expression, unable to utter a single word.
Feng Chen was Yu Wenye's courtesy name.
For this person to call Yu Wenye this way, he was evidently someone familiar with him. But if he were a friend, why not show his face and meet instead of blocking her way?
More importantly, this person wished for her and Yu Wenye to—have feelings in harmony?
For a grand wedding between two families, shouldn't an ordinary blessing be something like a century of harmony? Instead, he wished for "feelings in harmony," as if he knew she and Yu Wenye weren't actually harmonious.
Or was he implying that she and Yu Wenye would not have feelings in harmony?
Shang Ruyi thought for a moment and asked Tushere, "Did you just now see who was in the carriage?"
Tushere shook his head, saying, "No, the person moved too quickly. I only saw his clothing, which was very luxurious, not something ordinary people would wear."
"Oh..."
Shang Ruyi's brows furrowed even tighter.
Tushere said, "Miss, we shouldn't have given him anything. That person clearly wasn't here to ask for good luck but to be a nuisance. We should have had Gao Feng drag him down for a beating instead."
Shang Ruyi glanced at her, smiled bitterly, and said, "Then we would have had a lot of trouble today."
Tushere asked in confusion, "Why?"
Shang Ruyi said, "Did you seriously look at that carriage just now?"
Tushere shook his head.
Shang Ruyi sighed and then said, "That carriage was likely modified. I took a close look; its design was absolutely not something ordinary civilians or officials could use."
"Ah? Not something ordinary civilians or officials could use?"
Tushere looked at her in astonishment, suddenly shivering inexplicably, and hoarsely said, "Could that carriage be from the palace—"