บท 574: Is it because of me?

Ji Cheng looked at everyone with a serious gaze and addressed everyone in the court.

" After listening to everyone's side of the story and on the account of Empress Zhao Ming's words, I, the Emperor of the Ji Dynasty would like to make another amendment in the rule book of the Ji Dynasty."

When he said this, everyone was bewildered and confused hearing his words. It's not normal for the Emperor to make amendments to the rule book.

" From now on, the long tradition of a man having many wives will be abolished. Now a man cannot have many wives other than one nor he can take any concubines. "

" This old tradition is not only cruel to women who are kept as concubines but to their children as well. The Ji Dynasty will become a stepping stone of development and progress."