Throughout history, every Champion Marquis has been a heroic figure holding incomparable influence within the military. Yet to everyone's surprise, this generation produced a good-for-nothing who had never even set foot on a battlefield.
While the Old Marquis was still alive, Duke Chen maintained a polite facade. But the moment the Old Marquis died, Duke Chen turned ruthlessly cold, staging a public annulment of the engagement right there in the mourning hall.
Yet Qin Hu was deeply in love with Chen Ruoli and stubbornly refused to agree, whereas Chen Ruoli had long since grown utterly disgusted with this wicked young lord.
Chapter 423