Because Duke Chen had long wanted to call off the engagement.
The marriage between the Qin and Chen families was a political alliance from the start, with both sides hoping to expand their power and influence. But the later Qin Hu turned out to be a good-for-nothing rake, practically dragging the Marquis of Champion's estate through the mud.
History showed that every previous Marquis of Champion had been a heroic figure with unmatched influence in the military. Yet this generation had produced a useless wastrel who had never even set foot on a battlefield.
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