After Liao died, He Lu invited Ji Zha to assume the throne, but Ji Zha refused. Instead, he rebuked He Lu for the deplorable behavior of killing his cousin. From then on, he removed himself to Yan Ling and took up the life of a farmer, never returning to the capital of Wu.
9. 僚被殺後，公子光請季札受王位，季札拒絕，並嚴詞斥責弒兄弟的卑劣行為，從此季札逃歸延陵，躬耕田畝，再也沒去吳都。