After turning these events over in his mind, Qin Hu basically figured it out: this must be a trap.
Because the Duke of Chen had long wanted to break off the engagement.
The Qin and Chen families were in a political marriage, each seeking to grow stronger and more influential. But the subsequent Qin Hu was a dissolute rake good for virtually nothing, practically dragging the Marquis of Champion’s estate through the mud. One had to remember that past Marquises of Champion had all been legendary figures with incomparable influence in the military. Yet this generation had produced a good-for-nothing who had never even set foot on a battlefield.
Chapter 911