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EPISODE 144 CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

Mahari slowly began to descend, drowning reluctantly in the western horizon. The chaos that occurred in the hall of greatness was successfully muted without taking too many lives.

Indeed there was quite a fierce resistance outside the palace when the supporters of the queen mother tried to continue fighting but the king's secret guard troops were not troops with low capabilities. They had been trained by Jian's bodyguards secretly so solid and slick in terms of strategy.

Royal military forces also moved with emergency badge plates quickly pressed the situation. They were supposed to move under orders from Commander Zhao Juren but Eunuch Chen managed to move them.

Rumors and issues in the midst of chaos soon spread to the community. They heard about the queen mother who wanted to coup the legitimate government and overthrow His Majesty Yan Yue and replace him with the son he had hidden his identity, Commander Zhao Juren.

The chaos of the empress Xiao Yi's coronation day made the city of Yubei instantly deserted, at night. The soldiers on guard, roaming almost every inch of the road outside the palace as if there might be a new mess.

Inside the palace was even more gripping. Massive arrests have been made of people known to be part of the insurgency scenario. Even His Majesty does not forgive anyone who is known to be the minions of the queen mother.

The investigation conducted by the king secretly so far has succeeded in making a record of those who became defectors in the noble court order.

Now, after the capture of the main brain with irrefutable evidence, His Majesty is like he is harvesting.

Yes, as Xiao Yi said, when a big fish has entered a trap it will be very easy to tackle small fish.

A massive purge inside Yanzhi palace will soon begin under the rule of His Majesty Yan Yue in full accompany by Empress Xiao Yi.

There is much hope tucked into it, hoping that the kingdom of Yanzhi can change all injustice and policies that are irrelevant to the progress of the country.

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The voice of the goal sounded so close then moved away strangely. The talk of people buzzing in the ears is not as clear as the sound of wasps. Appeared and drowned.

With all his might, Zhao Juren opened her eyes that felt heavy. He felt his head was also very heavy, like a person who had been asleep for so long.

Zhao Juren fainted two days after she was stabbed by the queen mother's dagger. In the intensive care of nearly a dozen healers, inside Weiyan's palace.

He woke up just on the first winter day, and it was snowing for the first time over the city of Yubei. The little snow was flying on the roof of the palace.

The first person he saw was the face of His Highness Yan Yue.

The handsome young king sat down with a look of expectant dismay waiting for Zhao Juren to fully awaken.

"Yes..." That was the first word that came out of his twisted lips.

Back when he was a child, when this person in front of him was still a prince, he always had Zhao Juren call him by Yue, his little name.

"No. I must not call the prince by such a small name. That's not polite."Reject the little Zhao Juren while giving the stone to the hand of the young prince who was trying to throw a lotus flower in the middle of the shenhua garden pond.

"I don't like to be called by princes, I want to have a friend call me by my name."

"No, Your Highness the prince. His Highness the prince is the crown prince of Yanzhi kingdom who will inherit this great kingdom. I can't be rude to the prince..."Zhao Juren was very afraid that eunuch Chen would hear if he obeyed calling his friend by name alone.

"I don't want to be friends with you, if you call me His Highness the prince." Little Prince Yan Yue was so upset by Zhao Juren's refusal.

"There's no buts..."

"I really don't dare, prince."

"I wouldn't want to see you again if I didn't call me Yue." The young prince was so hard-hearted.

With a slight hesitation, the little Zhao Juren approached Yan Yue.

"Alright, Yue..."He said with a trembling mouth and a very small voice.

The young prince laughed in excitement then hugged Zhao Juren happily.

"Juren now you are my friend."He shouted as he patted Zhao Juren on the shoulder.

Zhao Juren smiled happily, anyone would be very happy to be a friend of a prince, the crown prince of Yanzhi kingdom.

"Will you be my sister?" The little Yan Yue was not satisfied if Zhao Juren was just to be her friend playing, she wanted Zhao Juren to come with her to the prince hall. But that place should not be visited by just anyone.

"I cannot be the prince's brother, for I am not the son of His Majesty the king."Zhao Juren replied innocently.

"But I don't have a sister, I only have very small brothers. They can't play rock throwing with me."His complaint with a pouting face.

"If you want to be my brother, I can take you into the prince's hall, where we can both play to the fullest..." Yan Yue pulled Zhao Juren's hand.

"But I can't go there, eunuch Chen will punish me."

"Eunuch Chen won't dare your mnghukum, because you are my brother."

The Prince's Hall is only for the princes and princesses of the king. Zhao Juren was not allowed to enter the area. So if they finish playing in Shenhua Park or together study at the royal school hall, then, Zhao Juren only escorted Yan Yue to the small bridge that connected the prince's hall with the small garden after the prince's palace walls.

He just looked there, when his friend came in. The place is very luxurious for children, the courtyard is a large enough park with a large playground area.

That place could only be seen from afar because he was not a prince but entered the palace only as the nephew of the queen mother who was then still the pure concubine Zhao Li sui.

And today when she opened her eyes, she was looking at the little prince who had always forced her to make him her big brother.

Those childhood memories were like jumping back in front of his suddenly sore eyes. He did not expect that he was really the brother of that prince. His memory returned as he once cried behind the walls of the prince's hall forbidden to enter the place.

"Juren..." His Highness Yan Yue smiled widely and was full of relief.

"Yes..." Zhao Juren just wanted to mention that name, she felt sad to know that she would never be punished if she called the name of the little crown prince by the name of Yue, she said, he was also the son of a king.