 However, while this incident general drew praise from historians, some historians, including Pei Ziye (), the commentator to the "Song Shu", found it hypocritical in that he was putting his sons in high offices at young age without being properly trained.After that feast, an alleged plot involving the official Fan Ye was exposed—as it was alleged that Fan had plotted with his nephew Xie Zong () and the deposed prime minister Li Yikang's associate Kong Xixian () to assassinate Emperor Wen at the feast for Liu Yiji and then making Liu Yikang emperor.One of the coconspirators, Emperor Wen's nephew Xu Danzhi (), after the assassination failed to occur at the feast, informed on his coconspirators, and other than Xu, the conspirators were all executed.