"If Brother Lin finds out, where will I put my face?" Zhang Meier said, her voice trembling with tears.

Lord Zhang stood up, turned his back to her, sighed, shook his head, and said, "Even in this situation, you're still thinking about your Brother Lin. Fortunately, things haven't escalated too much, and the Prince doesn't intend to make a big deal out of it. Think it over carefully and go apologize to him."

After saying this, Lord Zhang left with a worried look on his face. Madam Zhang didn't know what to say. She glanced helplessly at her good-for-nothing daughter, shook her head, and left as well.

Zhang Meier sniffled, feeling wronged, then sat down in a chair, wiped away her tears, and began to think blankly.

That night, Yi Zexuan had breakfast with Xue Yurou and then went to the study, while Su Lixia was sitting on the chaise longue, rocking back and forth with her eyes closed.

"Your Highness, Miss Zhang is outside requesting an audience," Uncle Li announced from the study.

Upon hearing this, Yi Zexuan chuckled and said, "They came quite quickly. Go tell her that I will not be receiving any guests today."

"yes."

When Zhang Meier, who was outside the mansion, learned that Yi Zexuan was not going to see her, she was actually a little flustered. Even if he didn't say it, everyone knew about his relationship with Xue Yurou. Now that she had bullied her, would he never forgive her again?

Zhang Meier shuddered: "Offending him means offending Brother Lin, which means there's no chance for us anymore?"

Startled, Zhang Meier's legs went weak and she knelt on the ground. Uncle Li was startled, thinking that she had knelt down voluntarily.

"Oh? Miss? This is absolutely not allowed!" Uncle Li quickly went down to pull her away.

Seeing this, Zhang Meier grabbed Uncle Li's arm and said with tears in her eyes, "Uncle Li, please go and tell the Prince that if Miss Xue and the Prince do not forgive me, I will kneel here and not leave."

Zhang Meier instantly felt that this method should work. A gentle girl like Xue Yurou must be easily softened!

Uncle Li sighed softly. He didn't know the reason for the incident, so he had no choice but to hurry back and report it.

Yi Zexuan chuckled upon hearing this and said, "Since she's willing to kneel, let her kneel. Don't go and talk to the young lady, and don't go and look at the person at the door. I want to see if she's really kneeling or not, and how long she can keep it up."

"Yes." Uncle Li frowned and left the room with a puzzled look.

Zhang Meier grew anxious as she waited for someone to come out. She craned her neck to look inside, but couldn't see a single person.

"Miss, shall we continue to kneel?" the maid asked.

Zhang Meier pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and nodded, saying, "Kneel! I refuse to believe they'll make me kneel here forever!"

In the original book, Yi Zexuan knew that she had been kneeling the whole time, but he still didn't send anyone to find her. He only went to court during the day and saw that she could no longer open her eyes. Considering that Xue Yurou was alright and that she had been kneeling all night, Yi Zexuan finally relented and said, "If you want to ask for forgiveness, go to her yourself. If she says she forgives you, then I will naturally not hold a grudge."

Su Lixia sat on the chaise lounge, feeling somewhat agitated. Although she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she was certain that the foolish and stupid second female lead was already kneeling. Sigh! Something that could have been changed.

Meanwhile, a certain wall-climbing monster took advantage of her unpreparedness and climbed over the wall. Seeing that the lights in Su Lixia's room were dim, he knew that she was already preparing to rest.

"Princess, it's getting late, why don't you rest?" Xiao Lian asked.

"Is everything ready?" Su Lixia asked.

Xiaolian nodded and said, "It's all ready, it's in the room next door."

Su Lixia hummed in agreement: "Then remember to tell everyone to go and rest, and not to disturb me."

"yes."