After all, every Champion Marquis through the generations had been a legendary hero wielding peerless influence within the military. Yet this latest generation had produced a good-for-nothing who had never even set foot on a battlefield.
While the Old Marquis was still alive, the Duke of Chen had kept up appearances; but upon the Old Marquis's passing, the Duke turned completely ruthless, even going so far as to publicly call off the engagement right there in the mourning hall.
Yet Qin Hu had been deeply in love with Chen Ruoli and stubbornly refused to accept it, whereas Chen Ruoli had long since grown utterly disgusted with this notorious bully.
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