Because Duke Chen had long wanted to call off the engagement.
The marriage between the Qin family and the Chen family was a political alliance from the start. Both families wanted to grow stronger and expand their influence, but Qin Hu had turned out to be little more than a dissolute wastrel, practically useless in every way and an utter embarrassment to Champion Marquis Manor.
One had to remember that past generations of the Champion Marquis were all legendary heroes who wielded incomparable influence within the military. Yet, when it came to this generation, the line had produced a good-for-nothing who had never even set foot on a battlefield.
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