Chapter 25: Worth Rejoicing
Building bridges and repairing roads is a matter of accumulating merit. Although Lin Xianzong was executed along with his nine familial exterminations, this matter had nothing to do with the villagers.
The imperial court didn't plan to pursue it, but Li Shoutian still took a few people to push down and smash the road stele at the entrance of the village.
People from the surrounding ten miles and eight villages used to treat Lin Qiaoxi marrying Zhang Sanchun as a joke.
Some were envious, some were jealous.
But now, everyone felt that this couple had stepped in incredibly good luck.
Reporting a severance of kinship was clearly a despicable thing, but now they had accidentally picked up a few lives because of it.
If Lin Qiaoxi hadn't defied her father's orders back then and had married into the Prefect's family, she would also be facing the confiscation of her property and execution now.
That night.
The Zhang family's house was still lit with candlelight. The child had already fallen asleep, but Lin Qiaoxi didn't feel the slightest bit sleepy.