Qin Hu's ancestors were one of the four founding dukes and twenty-eight marquises of the Great Yu. Three months ago, his father passed away, and Qin Hu inherited the title, becoming the new Marquis of Champion.
Spoiled rotten by his parents since childhood, Qin Hu cared neither for reading nor for martial arts, giving himself over entirely to idleness, indulgence, and running amok in the capital.
As he grew older, his family hoped to settle him down and arranged a marriage for him. The bride-to-be was the eldest daughter of Duke Chen's household, a woman named Chen Ruoli—a classic, virtuous lady of a prestigious family, both refined and intelligent.
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