Because the Duke of Chen had long wanted to call off the engagement.
The Qin and Chen families were in a political marriage from the start, with both sides looking to grow stronger and more influential. But the later Qin Hu turned out to be a good-for-nothing playboy, practically useless in every way, practically bringing disgrace upon the Champion Marquis Mansion.
One must know that past generations of the Champion Marquis had all been heroic figures with peerless influence within the military. Yet this generation had produced a good-for-nothing who had never even set foot on a battlefield.
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