On August 15th, Luoyi Emperor's Palace.

The sky is getting darker, and a full moon is already inlaid with ink blue sky.

Thousands of stars are like night pearls scattered on the sky, shining with brilliant silver light.

The bright moonlight spreads its tenderness in Luoyi City, the royal capital, and the palaces, trees, houses, and streets in the city are covered with a layer of silver.

People in Zhou believed that heaven and earth had yang and yin, "the sun was the master of yang" and "the moon was the master of yin."

"The sun and the moon are all the sun and the moon." Therefore, on the fifteenth day of August, the emperor and the kings of all countries must perform sacrifices of the sun and the moon, communicate with the heaven and earth, and pray for the people.

This is the origin of Ji Kang's "Mid-Autumn Festival" in his previous life.

The way for the Zhou people to sacrifice the sun and the moon is: "Salute the sun on the altar and the moon on the Kan".

Use the two objects of altar and Kan as symbols of the sun and the moon.

The altar is above, it is bright; the Kan is below, it is quiet.

After the bright moon came out, Emperor Ji Yan performed a "sacrifice to the moon" according to the usual customs in the past. He prayed to heaven to bless the people of the world to live and work in peace, have a bumper harvest of food, and all things prosper.

After the moon sacrifice ceremony, Ji Yan returned to his bedroom. Because of the dispatch of troops to attack Qin this time, Ji Yan took out many things in his palace for sale, so the remaining items in the bedroom seemed extremely simple and simple.

The bright moonlight shone through the Zhuge Pavilion and shone in Ji Yan's empty bedroom. Ji Yan suddenly felt uneasy.

A few days ago, because Yan State promised to help Emperor Ji Yan repay the debt, there were no people outside the palace who came to collect debts. The envoy of Yan State Ju Wu and many Luoyi people who were willing to go to Yan State have already stood up and gone to Yan State.

"What's going to happen? Why are you feeling so uneasy?"

Ji Yan, who was already eighty years old, slowly walked around the bedroom and couldn't help but think of his past.

Ji Yan was only twenty-two years old when he ascended the throne. When he first ascended the throne, Ji Yan was still full of passion. At that time, he naively believed that he would be the revival of the Zhou Dynasty, and would inevitably revitalize the Zhou Dynasty and restore the past glory of the Zhou Dynasty.

But as time went by, he found that he could only be confined to this Luoyi City, and he could do nothing in the world.

Even in this royal capital, Luoyi, the state power has been controlled by Duke Xizhou and Duke Eastern Zhou. Duke Xizhou occupied Luoyang, and Duke Eastern Zhou occupied Gongyi (now Kangdian Village, Kangdian Town, Gongyi City, Henan Province).

And the only place I can control is the only palace of the emperor left to me by my father.

As the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, not to mention that even a prince in the world could not command it, even in this royal capital, I could not speak for myself. What a sad thing!

Especially through this incident of Emperor Emperor, Ji Yan finally realized that the Zhou Dynasty was powerless and was about to reach the end.

At this moment, a servant came in to report: "Report to the emperor, the Duke of the Western Zhou Dynasty led people to ask for an audience with the emperor."

When Ji Yan heard this, his restless mood suddenly became upset.

I looked at the sky and found it was already very late.

It would be so late, Ji Ju, the Duke of the Western Zhou Dynasty, led people to ask for a meeting. It would definitely not be a good thing!

Emperor Ji Yan calmed down his heart and said to the attendant: "Transfer to Xi Gong for an interview."

After a while, Ji Ju, the Duke of the Western Zhou Dynasty, appeared in front of the emperor Ji Yan.

But Ji Yan found that Xi Gong Ji Ju was not one or several people. There were hundreds of soldiers wearing black military robes who accompanied Ji Ju. At this time, a noise came from outside the bedroom.

As soon as the hundreds of soldiers who came with Xigong Ji Ju came outside Ji Yan's bedroom, they controlled the guards of Ji Yan's bedroom. Next to the steps of Ji Yan's bedroom, they stood in two rows in hand.

At this time, Emperor Ji Yan discovered that these soldiers wearing black military robe were all Qin soldiers.

Ji Yan was shocked and felt that something was wrong.

He said to Xigong Ji Ju who walked into the bedroom: "Xigong, what do you mean?"

Ji Ju met the emperor Ji Yan at this time, but did not salute as respectfully as before.

When he came to Ji Yan, he just bowed to Ji Yan and said:

"The emperor, the old minister now leads General Zhao Li and others of Qin State to follow the order of the King of Qin. If you have something to report to the emperor."

Ji Yan first looked at the Qin general Zhao Rong and the numerous Qin soldiers standing at the gate of the hall, and then looked at Xigong Ji Ju.

His voice trembled a little and he said to Xigong Ji Ju: "Xigong, what's wrong with you? Just tell me!"

Ji Ju, the Duke of the Western Zhou Dynasty, looked at the emperor with an ugly face and said:

"Reporting to the emperor, I led my army back from Yique and found that the people in Luoyi City were panicked. Many people actually fled from the royal capital with their families. There were even rumors spreading around the city, which was not conducive to the stability of the royal capital. I think this is because of the traitor's rebellion and must be controlled."

"Just just now, just when the emperor was "sacrificing the moon", I had led my subordinates with General Zhao Li to control the king's Ji Luoyi with the help of the Qin army. Sure enough, I found that many people with ulterior motives were engaged in rebellion in the name of the emperor, and now I have been controlled by General Zhao Li to lead my subordinates one by one."

Hearing this, Ji Yan's face turned extremely pale, he stood up tremblingly, pointed at Ji Ju and said:

"Duke Xi, you...you have defected to the King of Qin, right? You did this without the consent of the emperor. This is a rebellion! What do you...you want to do? Don't forget that you are also my Ji family's relative!"

Xigong Ji Ju shook his head, sighed, and looked at the emperor Ji Yan and said:

"Emperor, you are right. It is precisely because I am the relative of Ji that I have to do this. This time, the emperor sent a letter to the emperor and asked the princes of the world to join forces to attack Qin. He went against the heavens and was punished by heaven."

"Now the Qin State has sent a large army to the city. Everyone in the Zhou Dynasty, Ji clan is facing the end of death at any time. Since I am the relative of Ji clan, I naturally do not want to see this tragic incident happen. Therefore, I asked the King of Qin to bring the Qin army here."

Speaking of this, Ji Ju looked at Ji Yan again and slowly spoke again:

"The emperor, the old minister has now drafted an edict. As long as the emperor issues this edict, he will report it to the world. At that time, he will naturally be able to calm down this turmoil and benefit the country and the people. As long as the emperor does this, he will inevitably be praised by future generations."

As he said that, he took out a document he had prepared in advance from his arms and handed it to Ji Yan.

Ji Yan's uneasiness was even stronger.

With his wrinkled right hand, he took the document handed over by Xi Gong Ji Ju, opened his eyes wide and looked carefully.

It would be fine if I didn't look at it, but when I saw it, Ji Yan's face became even more ugly, and it also had a gray look.

"Xigong...you actually..."

Emperor Ji Yan looked at Xigong Ji Ju, and his voice was filled with a crying voice: "Xigong, since I ascended the throne, I think I have treated you well. Why... Why did you... treat me like this?"

Ji Ju felt a little embarrassed when he saw the emperor like this, but in a blink of an eye he put this feeling aside.

He said to Ji Yan lightly: "Son of the Emperor, what I am doing now is for the consideration of the Ji clan of the Zhou Dynasty and for the people of the world! Since the Emperor ascended the throne, the princes of the world have been in constant conflict; the people are displaced and the people are living in poverty."

"The emperor himself did nothing. Is it true that you are like this, watching the people in dire straits and heat, without helping the people of the world?"

"Today, only the King of Qin can command the princes of the world, so that the people of the world will no longer suffer from military wars. But if you want to do this, how can you lose your status? Don't you know that if the emperor abdicates the King of Qin, you will be scolded by historians? But even so, the old minister cannot abandon the people of the world and ignore it."

In front of Ji Yan, who came from Xigong Ji Ju, he whispered to Ji Yan: "Son of the Emperor, it is the general trend for Qin to annex the six countries, and Han and Wei will not be spared. What's more, the Qin army has now controlled the royal capital and Luoyi."

"If the emperor does not abdicate the King of Qin, he will be captured and humiliated, and his relatives will be destroyed by the Qin royal family. It is better to follow the King of Qin as soon as possible and abdicate him. The ending may be better!"

The Qin general Zhao Li, who was ordered by King Yingji of Qin, accompanied King Ji Ju of Xi, here.

At this time, seeing the emperor Ji Yan, he refused to abdicate to the Qin King Yingji.

He took a few steps forward, touched the sword handle on his left waist with his right hand, and shouted at Emperor Ji Yan:

"Son of the Emperor, Xi Duke is so desperate to ask you, but you still refuse to abdicate the Emperor to my King of Qin? Today, you have to agree and agree even if you don't agree."

"Don't be ungrateful! If you don't agree to abdicate the emperor's position, some general will kill you here now and kill your whole family again. Will you obey or not?"
Chapter completed!