Taizu died later that same year and his successor, Taizong, had little patience with Li and his pleading for money. Life in Bianjing was a far cry from the gay times Li had known in Jinling, and in his melancholy exile he spent night after sleepless night composing poetry expressing his sadness at the loss of a kingdom and a way of life.
後主一行人到了開封城，還被宋太祖諷刺的封了個「違命侯」的封號以示警戒。就在後主到了開封這年，太祖過世了，接替王位的宋太宗，對於經常訴貧的後主相當不耐。