40 minutes before the banquet began.
Zhu Fenfang turned to madam Zhu and whispered "Mother I see Yiling up ahead. Can I please be excused".
Zhu Fenfang stood patiently for a few seconds before receiving a nod from her stepmother. Madam Zhu was busy playing the influential socialite and didn't pay her any mind. Which was exactly what Zhu Fenfang was counting on. She didn't wish to get a front roll seat to praise Zhu Fengyin, the new Duchess of Wu party.
She just might lose it, If she stood there any longer. Those madams only respond t power and with Zhu Fengyin present, the table was bound to turn on her. Zhu Fenfang walked to a free seat at the balcony,
Zhu Fenfang had no intention of approaching that naive young mistress of the Lu family, she had only used it as an excuse to get out of having to stand by and watch everyone praise Zhu Fengyin. Some minutes after she was seated, Lu Yiling joined her at the balcony.
