Because Duke Chen had long wanted to break off the engagement.
The marriage between the Qin and Chen families was a political alliance from the start, with both sides seeking to expand their power and influence. Yet the later Qin Hu turned out to be a good-for-nothing playboy, virtually useless in every way, practically dragging the reputation of the Champion Marquis Manor through the mud.
One had to remember that successive holders of the title Champion Marquis had all been legendary heroes holding peerless influence within the military. Yet this generation had somehow produced a worthless wastrel who had never even set foot on a battlefield.
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