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"Not only that, Shen Yan dropped another bombshell. "If you don't agree, I'll go to the yamen and report you for keeping my mother from remarrying.""

"During the reign of the late emperor, the custom of widows observing chastity was very prevalent in the Jing Kingdom, especially in the southern regions where chastity arches were in vogue, which had harmed many innocent women."

"After Emperor Ji Junye ascended the throne, he issued a new edict in the name of recuperating the people and national strength. He prohibited forcing women to observe chastity for their deceased husbands and encouraged widows to remarry. Moreover, if a widow wanted to remarry, her husband's family was not allowed to detain her for any reason."

"Although it would take time to change people's minds and such things still happened, at least it was not as blatant as before. That meant if Shen Yan really went to report them, he might just succeed."