The former Palace Attendant, Ji Shao, was summoned to accompany Emperor Hui's procession. Another Palace Attendant, Qin Zhun, said to Ji Shao, "You are setting out with this army now, and it is hard to know whether it will go well or ill for them. If anything should happen, do you have a good horse ready?"

Ji Shao sternly replied, "My charge is to accompany and protect the imperial carriage, and I shall live or die with it. What need would I have for a good horse?"

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On the day Jiwei (September 9th), Shi Chao's army suddenly appeared, and Sima Yue's army was totally routed at Dangyin.

Emperor Hui was injured on the cheek, and he was hit by three arrows. All of the ministers, attendants, and guards who were with him scattered. But Ji Shao, wearing his court dress, got off his horse and climbed onto Emperor Hui's carriage, shielding Emperor Hui with his own body. Sima Yue's soldiers impaled Ji Shao on the shafts of the carriage, which broke off. Emperor Hui begged them, "He is a loyal minister; do not kill him!"

But the soldiers replied, "According to the Crown Younger Brother's orders, Your Majesty is the only person we cannot harm."

So they killed Ji Shao, and his blood splashed on Emperor Hui's clothes. Emperor Hui collapsed into the grass, and he lost his six seals.

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Emperor Hui's attendants wanted to wash the blood off of his clothing. But Emperor Hui refused them, saying, "This is Palace Attendant Ji Shao's blood; do not wash it out!"

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(Emperor Hui could say such things as this; who says that he was a dullard or a dolt?)