Li died an excruciatingly painful death, balled up in a convulsing mass on the floor. Seldom has one who started life so charmed suffered a more horrible end.
後主緬懷故國的消息傳到太宗耳中，太宗為之震怒，派人送來了一壺御酒，喝下摻有「牽機毒」的御酒，後主全身痙攣，頭腳屈膝交纏而亡，寫下了一個令人不忍卒睹的結局。