Transmigrating into a book to save her best friend, her sickly husband vies for her affections every

The students felt that Zhang Zhan was the same.

He was about the same age as Zhao Siwei, but a full head shorter than Zhao Siwei.

His classmates all initially thought he had gotten in through connections and that he was under four years old.

He runs really slowly, walks very slowly, and always trails behind.

Not to mention packing his things, I've seen Zhao Siwei squatting by the door, fuming with rage, several times.

He was a slender person, so there was no question of him taking up a seat, but he really came to freeload and read books. He took a lot of notes and occupied most of Zhao Siwei's sleeping table.

The only thing that made Zhao Siwei choose to endure was writing down his homework, and he really did it very well. Which of the other students didn't help the princes and princesses with their homework?

They're all pretty much the same kids, and what they're saying is so incomprehensible.

They were all noble sons and daughters sent by prominent families. Since studying wasn't their only way out, they were all content with just getting by, since their families had more money than they could ever spend.

At first glance, Zhang Zhan seems to have the highest status among the accompanying students, being the young master, but in reality, everyone knows that he has had a rather difficult life.

The children still felt sorry for him, so they didn't bully him. Anyway, Zhao Siwei was very good at bullying people, and they all thought Zhang Zhan could handle it. They even said privately that he must have left crying.

As a result, Zhao Siwei actually put up with it.

Anyway, it wasn't Zhang Zhan who tolerated it. He himself has said countless times that he had a particularly good life when he first started as a study companion.

His sudden growth spurt and the increasingly chubby baby fat on his face don't lie.

Seeing that Zhao Siwei won't be changing his study buddy anytime soon, the relationship between the study buddies needs to improve, as this will be a valuable connection for them when they grow up.

His companions also took him out to play, including eating, drinking, gambling, and whoring. Except for the third one, he went with them all.

The money was given to him by Zhao Siwei, who said that going out and jumping around would help him grow taller. He wasn't greedy when it came to food; being able to eat his fill was his biggest wish. He couldn't drink alcohol because it made him dizzy, so he liked to gamble, thinking it was simple and a way to make money.

Zhao Siwei told him to stop gambling, but he only agreed on the surface and continued to gamble wildly with his companions.

Back then, he was quite bold, thinking that as long as Zhao Siwei didn't tell him to go home, he would do anything.

Zhao Siwei snorted and said to Meng**, who was asking the question, "He's very capable. He's an expert at dominoes and dice. He's so good at it that he doesn't even have a place to hide his money anymore. I probably don't even know what he's doing."

Back then, when a whole box of money was presented to him and he was told to spend it as he pleased, he thought he had stolen money from the Marquis's mansion.

He was so frightened that he suddenly grew up and looked like an older brother. He earnestly advised Zhang Zhan that the sea of ​​suffering was boundless and that he should turn back before it was too late. He warned that if this were brought into the open, it would ruin his reputation and he would never see him again.

Zhang Zhan boasted that he had won all the money playing dominoes and dice, and since he couldn't keep it all at home, this was the extra money. He told Zhang Zhan to take it and spend it as a way of fulfilling his promise to be loyal to Zhao Siwei.

When Zhao Siwei followed him back to the Marquis's residence, he found that there was indeed a lot of money hidden under the bed.

It's not that we can't accept this kind of money, but the way it's obtained will definitely make Old Master Zhang and Old Madam Zhang furious.

Therefore, he suggested opening an account in his name at an outside money exchange and depositing all the money into it.

Zhang Zhan didn't ask any questions or doubts at the time, such as why my money should be deposited in your name. He simply replied, "Then I'll save up a little more for you."

He remembered it clearly; Zhang Zhan stopped beating him for a long time afterward.

"Really?" Tingyao was about to pick up the cards that Xu Tutu had played when Zhang Zhan beat her to it. "Young Master Zhang is really quick-witted."

Zhang Zhan shrugged and asked Tingyao for the money.

"Are you trying to starve yourself?" Zhao Siwei gritted his teeth.

Meng** gritted his teeth, unusually agreeing with Zhao Siwei, "You're not a gentleman at all!"

Zhang Zhan simply looked calmly at Zhao Siwei.

We're going to be so poor!

The Marquis's mansion only gives the heir a fixed monthly allowance. The Crown Prince used to give him some money, but now he doesn't dare to do anything and just stays idle. Zhao Siwei has spent all the rest of the money.

Zhao Siwei: ...

Ah, right, he exchanged all the money for other things, and to prevent Zhang Zhan from cheating him later, he wrote Tingyao's name on all the documents, but he hasn't told Tingyao yet.

The main problem is that Tingyao is also a cunning scoundrel; if she had money, she might turn against him.

However, it absolutely cannot be given to Zhang Zhan. What Zhang Zhan did with the money back then was no different from treason.

Tingyao, while shuffling mahjong tiles, suddenly said, "Zhang Zhan, you know how to play dice?"

"He'll roll the cards for you, however many you want." Zhao Siwei saw that Xu Tutu looked silly and didn't even want to look at her cards, so he turned to look at Zhang Zhan's cards, wanting to play for him and let Tingyao win a few rounds.

Zhang Zhan slapped the card over, then slapped another one over himself, replying to Tingyao, "It's not as mysterious as Your Highness described, I just know how to play."

Tingyao placed the card face down. "Let's play dice," she said, looking at Zhang Zhan.

Zhang Zhan: "Okay."

Tingyao said, "Let's just play the simplest game, big or small."

Xu Tutu got up and went to find someone to get the dice.

Zhao Siwei was a little unsure what his wife was going to do.

Tingyao held the dice and said to Zhang Zhan very seriously, "Let's roll them together and see who gets the highest score."

Zhao Siwei made a stop gesture, "Don't come, he can cheat, he can really get any number by shaking the swiping wheel."

After being well-behaved for a while, Zhang Zhan suddenly became unreachable when no one was around. When he sent people to look for him, they found that he had been taken to a gambling den by several of his companions.

The casino suspected Zhang Zhan of cheating and arrested several people from his group. It turned out that he had been there at the same time. Since this matter was not something to be publicized, they demanded that Zhang Zhan give away all the money he had won. Zhang Zhan replied that they would just kill them instead.

The money pooled together by the other students wasn't even a third of what Zhang Zhan had won. In the end, he had to pay out of his own pocket to take the student away.

Then he told Zhang Zhan very seriously that if he watched him gamble again, he would make his grandparents kneel in front of him every day.

However, Zhao Siwei would still play a couple of games with him occasionally, just in case the guy suddenly went off on another errand.

“Then let’s use twelve dice,” Tingyao said.

Zhao Siwei remained silent.

Zhang Zhan can control the numbers on a maximum of eight dice.

Zhang Zhan blinked. "How much to bet?"

“Whatever you ask for, I’ll pay double,” Tingyao said.

Zhang Zhan was a little surprised. "You have money?"

He didn't look down on Tingyao, but he knew that her status was actually in a similar awkward position to hers. As the legitimate heirs, they were only able to survive by relying on the pity of the elders in their families.

Meng slammed her hand on the table: "Can't you speak properly? Yes, you can!" She pulled out the hairpin from her hair and the bracelet from her wrist. "These add up to a couple hundred taels, right?"

Zhang Zhan took a ring off his finger. "This, I'll give you five hundred taels."

In other words, Tingyao had to pay out one thousand taels.

“I’ll do it,” Xu Tutu said. “I still have the money.”

"Xu Tutu!" Zhao Siwei exclaimed in surprise, "Are you just looking for trouble?"

Xu Tutu: "I see you really want to play, so you don't need to pay it back."

The dice are shaken.

Tingyao fell, and Zhang Zhan also fell.

"You go first."

The two spoke almost at the same time.

"You go first," Tingyao said seriously.

Zhang Zhan: "You go first."

Tingyao refused, "What, are you going to cheat?"

Meng slammed his fist on the table: "I'll say three, two, one, open it all at once!"

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

Once uncovered.

It doesn't matter what time Tingyao is anymore.

Zhang Zhan rolled twelve sixes.

The room fell silent.

Zhao Siwei rubbed his face in exasperation, his voice filled with pain, "Zhang Zhan! Damn it, you went gambling again?"

Zhang Zhan answered with righteous indignation, "I didn't go. I played at home by myself. It's not difficult."

Meng** looked at Tingyao.

Tingyao slowly stood up, her gaze towards Zhang Zhan was quite complex, with a hint of fear in it.

"You guys keep playing, I'm going out for a bit."

After saying that, Tingyao walked out.

Meng** got up and followed them out.

What's the point of playing anymore? We're completely broke.

No, no, no, money isn't the most important thing. Tingyao seems a bit off.

Zhao Siwei slammed his fist on the table. "How dare you win?"

Zhang Zhan said calmly, "Why can't I win at the gambling table? If you're going to gamble, you have to be able to afford to gamble. Besides, even if I only had eight sixes, Ji Tingyao would still lose."

But why did she gamble?

Never mind, as long as I can make money, that's all that matters.

Furthermore, Zhao Siwei probably won't pursue the matter of that slap anymore; that can be considered an apology and compensation for hitting him.

No, why did you hit him?

Zhao Siwei slammed his fist on the table. "So you went gambling again, you definitely went gambling! I don't believe you just stayed home and played by yourself!"

Zhang Zhan probably didn't understand.

Xu Tutu then picked up the ring and looked at it.

"This ring was sent from the east two years ago, right? I saw it, but the engraving was too tacky. I was thinking of asking my father to bring it back for me so I could change it. But then they said His Majesty took a liking to it."

Zhang Zhan also had his eye on it, but he got his eye on it from Zhao Fucang. When Zhao Siwei asked him what kind of birthday gift he wanted this year, he said which one he wanted and how he wanted it changed.

For Zhao Siwei, it was quite simple to get Zhao Fucang to give him something in return.

Xu Tutu was so angry that her teeth itched, and then she said, "Zhang Zhan, I like it, give it to me."

"Why should I give it to you?" Zhao Siwei snatched it back and stuffed it into Zhang Zhan's hand. "If you dare to give it to me, you'll have to return all the birthday gifts I gave you."

After saying that, Zhao Siwei was about to get up and go out to find Tingyao.

As Tingyao walked out, her steps were unsteady, and she almost slipped off the steps.

Meng** helped her up, terrified, "Baby, my baby, what's wrong?"

Tingyao shook her head, but clenched her fingers and then clutched her heart.

Memories of a past life come crashing down.

Zhao Siwei was rescued after an unexpected winter hunt, but she was wounded in the heart and couldn't buy the necessary medicine. She finally managed to scrape together enough money and learned of a place where the medicine was available. When she rushed there herself, Zhang Zhan had already laid a trap for her.

That was truly the darkest time.

Zhao Siwei was all alone; everyone had betrayed him.

Meng** was also neutral, but this time she helped Zhang Zhan by letting her go.

But she had to make sure Zhao Siwei survived; what good would it do if he left without getting anything?

Finally, Zhang Zhan suggested they take a gamble: if she won, he could take her things; if not, she would have to leave with her life and money.

What could she do but take a gamble?

However, Zhang Zhan changed the game, rolling twelve dice to compare their sizes.

If it's just four or six shakes, Ting really has a way to control the points.

Moreover, Zhang Zhan only suggested adding dice after the stakes had already been decided.

The stakes were all her silver, which Zhang Zhan felt wasn't enough, so he forced her to sign a contract of servitude with her name on it. Zhang Zhan wagered twice the amount of silver, as well as herbs that could save Zhao Siwei's life.

She was truly clueless, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and shake it.

Even while shaking, he considered whether he should fight Zhang Zhan to the death.

As a result, Zhang Zhan let her go first.

There wasn't a single six.

Zhang Zhan opened his car, but his car was a little less than hers.

She won.

She took the money and medicine and left.

Only after Zhao Siwei had recovered from his critical condition after taking the medicine did she go to check on the money she had brought back.

A full 800,000 taels of silver.

This is truly a lifesaver!

At the time, she only felt that it was God's blessing, that it was the system's hook, that it was letting her live with Zhao Siwei.

Or perhaps Meng pleaded with Zhang Zhan, which is why she was spared.

After all, Zhang Zhan cared a lot about Meng** at that time.

now……

Looking at it now...

It was given to her by Zhang Zhan on purpose.

She always felt that she had God's perspective and could see where everyone was headed.

Is Zhang Zhan the one with the God's perspective?

Tingyao's legs gave way, and she collapsed to the ground.

Zhao Siwei also ran out.

Xu Tutu, who had come along, exclaimed and jogged over, "Miss Ji, are you alright? It's just silver, I'll give it to you, let's just let this go. Zhang Zhan, what are you doing, bullying a young lady like that?"

"I'm fine." The moment Tingyao was touched by Xu Tutu, she felt as if she had been electrocuted and struggled to her feet, looking at Zhang Zhan who was the last to come out.

A voice echoed in her mind.

It was a gift from Zhang Zhan in her past life.

"Do you know why you're not my match?"

"To repel external aggression, one must first pacify internal strife; you cannot pacify internal strife."

"To repel external aggression, we must first pacify internal strife," Tingyao murmured, watching Zhang Zhan twirling the ring in his hand.

The "inner" here refers to Zhao Siwei.

In his previous life, Zhang Zhan had indeed suppressed Zhao Siwei to the point that he could not move and could only sit and wait for his death.

What if Zhang Zhan had never betrayed Zhao Siwei in his previous life?

If this is the course of events, then aren't her and Zhao Siwei's current suspicions of Zhang Zhan putting pressure on him?

Tingyao waved her hand, saying it was nothing, and left on her own.

Meng** followed behind her, quite frightened.

"Baby, baby, don't scare me, what happened?"

Tingyao shook her head.

Some things may only need one opening to reveal a lot.

Did Zhang Zhan like Meng**? He only showed that he cared.

Why should we care about Meng**? Because we care about the Meng family's help.

Why Xu Tutu? Because they also wanted the Xu family's help.

He used the fastest speed and the most effective means to make himself comparable to the Crown Prince, so that the Crown Prince and the entire capital would think that Zhao Siwei was a prince abandoned by the royal family.

In his previous life, Zhang Zhan became famous for severely injuring Zhao Siwei. However, he dragged the Crown Prince into the mess he had initiated alone, so Zhao Fucang could only say that Zhao Siwei had been injured on his own during the hunt, and the matter was dropped.

It was during this period of rest and recuperation, along with the 800,000 taels of silver, that he and Zhao Siwei were given a second chance.

Once they have firmly established themselves in the court, their only remaining enemy will be Zhang Zhan.

They couldn't kill Zhang Zhan, and Zhang Zhan couldn't kill them either, so they were locked in a power struggle in the imperial court.

Every day when Zhao Siwei returned from the palace, he would scold Zhang Zhan during his meals.

“That bastard, I asked him to speak up. It was my idea, but he interfered. Father Emperor made us work together, and in the end, I even got half the credit from him.”

"If it's not done well, won't Zhang Zhan also bear half the blame?"

However, every matter involving Zhang Zhan was handled very well. Even if the credit was split equally, it greatly helped Zhao Siwei's reputation.

"Damn bastard, I was forced to kneel by my father today, and he even asked me if I wanted him to plead for me when he passed by. I don't care!"

She felt that Zhao Siwei was unlucky, because Zhang Zhan always seemed to pass by whenever Zhao Siwei embarrassed himself or was punished.

Thinking about it now, it's simply impossible.

It was Zhang Zhan who helped!

When Tingyao came to this conclusion, she was too exhausted to move.

Therefore, the original ending was that Zhao Siwei demoted Zhang Zhan out of the capital, but ensured that he would live a life free from want, and would send him gifts during festivals and the end of the year.

More likely, it was because they were afraid that the palace servants on the other side would bully Zhang Zhan, thus giving Zhang Zhan an opportunity to complain.

Too much had changed in her previous life. She was too anxious and was angered by Meng**'s love-struck mind, leaving her no time to sort out anything else.

at the moment……

Tingyao saw her own tears reflected in Meng**'s eyes.

Tears were tears of panic, fear, and a hint of shock.