To express his genuine intentions, he retired of his own volition to his personal fiefdom, Yan Ling (today Changzhou in Jiangsu Province), and disappeared from public attention. Only after Yu Mei's son Liao acceded to the throne did he resume helping govern the kingdom.
6. 為表心跡他私下逃往自己的封地﹘延陵（今江蘇常州）隱沒，直至餘昧的兒子僚繼位後，他才再度回朝幫助治理國事。