222: One kiss per person is enough!

The third floor of the teahouse was filled with the scent of sandalwood, and outside the window, lights glowed brightly.

"Sincerity?" Princess Pingyang blinked her big eyes, tilting her head to look at Li Shengyuan. "What kind of sincerity does Brother Shengyuan want?"

Li Shengyuan's lips curved into a mischievous smile. He pointed to his cheek and said with a calm smile, "One kiss each, and I'll tell you."

"Ah!" Princess Pingyang's face immediately flushed red. She jumped back two steps like a startled rabbit, shyly whispering, "Brother Shengyuan, how can you be like this? So many people are watching..."

Their location wasn't a private room, and the nearby seats were also full of people, all admiring their beauty and their distinct temperaments, like plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum.

However, sensing the faint, intentional pressure emanating from Li Shengyuan, no one dared to approach them for a chat.

Shen Xinrong covered her lips and chuckled softly, her eyes twinkling as she gracefully stood up.

Her slender fingers brushed Li Shengyuan's cheek, and she whispered in his ear, "Is this sincere enough?"

With that, her red lips lightly touched his left cheek, like a dragonfly skimming the water.

Li Shengyuan felt a waft of faint orchid fragrance. Before he could savor it, Shen Xinrong had already gracefully returned to her seat, elegantly picking up her teacup as if nothing had happened.

"Doesn't count! Doesn't count!" Princess Pingyang stomped her foot in frustration, her eyes glinting mischievously. "Sister Xinrong, you're too sly. That wasn't a kiss; it was just a touch!"

Yue Xiyan stood with her arms crossed, watching the fireworks outside the teahouse. She rolled her eyes at Li Shengyuan and murmured, "Boring."

But the tips of her ears quietly turned red.

"Sister Xiyan is shy!" Tangtang clapped her hands and laughed, half a candied hawthorn still in her mouth. She felt that what her big brother and the sisters were saying was very interesting.

She skipped to Li Shengyuan, giving him an unreserved "smack" on his right cheek, leaving a bit of sugar stain, and giggled, "Big Brother is the best, Tangtang wants to kiss Big Brother too!"

Li Shengyuan smiled and ruffled Tangtang's head, but his gaze turned to Yue Xiyan and Yue Qingmeng, the master and disciple, as well as Princess Pingyang, and he smiled, "Three more to go."

The three women exchanged glances, and their faces simultaneously turned red. It wouldn't matter if they kissed Li Shengyuan in private, but this was a public place, and they were still a bit too shy.

Li Shengyuan's intimate interaction was meant to foster affection among the sisters, so they could get along more harmoniously in the future.

Princess Pingyang and the others also knew this, and the answer they wanted wasn't that important.

Perhaps they would even have such pleasant fun with the Empress Master Sister in the future...

Princess Pingyang twisted the corner of her clothes, her voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz: "Th-this is not proper..."

"Then forget it." Li Shengyuan made to stand up. "Tangtang, Big Brother will take you downstairs to play and buy some delicious things!"

"Okay, okay! Big Brother is the best!" Little Fatty wiped the sugar crumbs from the corner of her mouth with her hand, nodding repeatedly with bright eyes.

"Wait!"

Princess Pingyang grabbed Li Shengyuan's sleeve, closed her eyes, and quickly pecked him on the chin. Then, as if burned, she jumped back, her entire face flushed crimson.

Seeing this, Yue Xiyan bit her lip, then suddenly grabbed Li Shengyuan's collar. She gave him an exasperated, resentful look, quickly touched his lips, then let go, forcing herself to turn her face away, but her bright red earlobes betrayed her.

Li Shengyuan stood frozen, the unique cool fragrance of Yue Xiyan still lingering on his lips.

He hadn't expected the usually aloof Yue Xiyan to be the boldest.

Yue Qingmeng, her face flushed, shyly closed her eyes and kissed Li Shengyuan on a cheek he hadn't yet been kissed on. Then she lowered her head and sat beside her master, her face so red it looked like it could drip blood...

Li Shengyuan's series of romantic encounters astonished the people nearby who had been watching them, their hearts shattered.

It turned out they were all connected to this man...

In the end, they could only sigh and withdraw their gazes.

Although Li Shengyuan had set up a barrier, they couldn't hear what they were talking about, but they seemed to be having a lot of fun.

"Can you tell us now?"

Shen Xinrong asked with a smile, her eyes sparkling with gossip.

Li Shengyuan came back to his senses, proudly wiggling his finger, and smiled, "It's actually very simple—"

"It's just that Master Sister wanted to come out and play herself. I just helped her with some makeup and a simple disguise."

"That's it?"

Although they no longer cared much about the answer, they were still a little disappointed not to hear the gossip they craved.

Li Shengyuan's face was full of smiles. He certainly wouldn't say that Master Sister now listened to him in many things.

If he said that, wouldn't Master Sister lose her imperial dignity in front of everyone?!

Li Shengyuan stood up and looked out the window: "It's getting late. We should head back. Let's play again next time!"

Tomorrow, he still had to discuss matters like the bone god with the Empress Master Sister...