in 124, wang sheng, jiang jing, and another eunuch fan feng (樊豐) falsely accused crown prince bao's wet nurse wang nan (王男) and chef bing ji (邴吉, not to be confused with emperor xuan's prime minister of the same name), and wang and bing were executed. crown prince bao was greatly saddened. jiang and fan, fearful of reprisals later, entered into a conspiracy with empress yan (who had always hated crown prince bao as not born of herself) to falsely accuse crown prince bao and his servants of crimes. emperor an believed these charges, and demoted crown prince bao to prince of jiyin.