When Iris opened her eyes, she realized that three days had passed. "Whether it's breaking through or obtaining crystals in the Consciousness Space, it takes a lot of time." She thought to herself.

"Growl, growl."

"Candace, I'm hungry. Do we have anything to eat?" Iris shouted loudly.

"Your Highness, please wait a moment. I'll make something for you," Candace replied.

Before long, Candace brought in a bowl of steaming hot blood noodles.

"Please enjoy, Your Highness."

"Mm-hmm."

Iris ate slowly, despite her strong desire to eat quickly. It seemed that her body had formed muscle memory. No matter what she ate, even when she was very hungry, she could only eat at a certain pace.

It was obvious that Lilia had forcefully instilled etiquette in Iris's bones. Of course, only Iris could understand and experience the horror of Lilia's training.

"Is there anything else you need, Your Highness?" Candace asked.

"No," Iris replied.

"I'll take my leave then. Just call me if you need anything, Your Highness," Candace said.

"Mm-hmm."

Iris drank the soup and her body was filled with warmth.

Looking at the calendar, she realized that the lunar new year was only a week away. She planned to purchase some new year goods and bring some tea she had grown herself to her grandmother. She believed her grandmother would be very happy.

Time flew by, and a week passed quickly. Iris's injury had completely healed, and she no longer needed her crutches. Just as she was about to visit her grandmother, Candace came over.

"Your Highness, the Queen needs to see you." Candace said.

"I know. What does Her Majesty want with me?" Iris asked.

"I'm not sure. Her Majesty only asked me to take you there." Candace replied.

"Okay."

Following Candace, Iris made her way to the Sleepless Temple. The maids and guards respectfully bowed to her as she walked past.

Soon Iris arrived at the main hall of the Sleepless Temple. Candace stopped at the entrance.

"Your Highness, please go in. I'll wait for you here." Candace said.

"Okay."

Iris walked into the main hall and respectfully bowed to Lilia.

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

"Iris, please stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. How are you feeling lately, Your Majesty?" Iris asked.

"I'm fine. How about your health?"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. My injuries have fully healed."

"That's good. Now please kneel." Lilia said.

Iris was confused and didn't understand why Lilia was asking her to kneel. Nevertheless, she knelt down uncontrollably. It was not because of any magic that Lilia had cast, but rather because sh had formed a conditioned reflex to Lilia's command.

Iris reflected on her recent behavior and realized that other than lying in bed, she had not done anything wrong. Why was Lilia asking her to kneel?

"Why do you want me to kneel, Your Majesty? I haven't done anything wrong." Iris asked confidently.

The smile on Lilia’s face faded and then Lilia became serious. "I suspect that you instructed White Sun to lie to me, saying that you were injured by a magic beast in the All Souls Forest." Lilia said.

"What? I have nothing to do with White Sun's lie. I absolutely did not instruct it to lie." Iris replied.

"You're wronging me, Your Majesty," Iris protested.

No matter how Iris tried to explain, Lilia didn't believe her. Lilia walked towards Iris with a whip in her hand, and it looked like she was determined to teach Iris a lesson.

"Snap, snap, snap."

Lilia whipped Iris's back mercilessly. Iris was completely wronged this time. If her discipline mark was still active, Lilia could have just read her mind and avoided this beating."Pain~~"

"Stop hitting me. Stop hitting me... I'm sorry. Isn't that enough?" The Sleepless Temple was filled with Iris's wails.

"Sigh~" Candace let out a deep sigh, "It looks like Princess has done something bad behind the Queen's back again."

After a good beating, Iris's buttocks were swollen from Lilia's hitting.

"Although you have stopped lying, I also do not want you to influence others to deceive me." Lilia said.

"I...I understand, Your Majesty," Iris choked.

"Are you going back to your grandmother's soon?" Lilia asked.

"Yes," Iris nodded.

Lilia closed her eyes and used healing magic on Iris, and then Iris’s swollen buttocks returned to normal in no time.

"I'll go see the Queen later. If you dare say anything nonsense in front of her, you will regret it for the rest of your life." Lilia's tone was threatening.

"I won't. I won't." Iris quickly responded, "Your daughter would never talk nonsense in front of my grandmother."

"Good." Lilia said.

"I understand. Then I'll leave, Your Majesty," Iris stood up and made a farewell gesture to Lilia.

"Hmm, you can leave." Lilia waved her hand.

"Your Majesty, I'm leaving now." Iris said and turned to leave the main hall.

Watching Iris's figure disappear, Lilia let out a sigh of relief. Last year, this little girl talked nonsense and said everything to Lilia’s mother. Lilia’s mother had not punished Lilia for hundreds of years. Because of Iris's bad words, Lilia was severely punished by her mother. So this time, Lilia gave Iris a preemptive strike and let her know what the consequences were for speaking out of turn. Otherwise, Iris will be able to discredit Lilia’s image in the heart of Lilia’s mother this year.

...

"Your Highness, are you okay?"

"What do you think, Candace?" Iris gave Candace a glare.

"Your Highness, don't be angry. The Queen really didn't tell me why she called you over. I didn't think she would punish you," Candace explained, "And there seems to be no bruises or anything injuries on your body."

"Humph! If I had bruises, the Queen would be in big trouble," Iris said in a bad mood.

"Why???" Candace was confused about the Princess's meaning.

"For no reason. I'll go to my room first and get my luggage. Candace, wait here for me," Iris said.

"Yes, Your Highness."

After Iris left, Candace couldn't help but be curious, "Who could make the Queen in trouble? It must be something the Princess said in anger. After all, the Princess was beaten by the Queen again. When will the Princess stop making mistakes?" Candace looked at Iris's back.

...

After a while, Iris collected her belongings, and Candace carried her as they headed towards Grandmother's place.