"Father, although I appreciate your concern, I have to unfortunately decline, I'm sure that the King would be enraged to see the both of you along with me, and I don't want anything bad to happen to us, and mother, I know that you're afraid that I might say the wrong thing, but I'm an adult now, I've made my debut, and I believe that I'm smart enough to say the right things and make the right decisions, I don't need either you or papa to do it for me."
Lady Melissa said, as she tried to put an empathic tone at least for the first part, whilst using a more louder tone for the second part, trying to get her parents to take the bait- if only they weren't so stubborn she thought.
She could easily see through them- and their intentions for that matter, if they had even truly cared for her then they would've accompanied her here, even if they were busy.