Song Jing
It was said that while Li served as chancellor, he did not get a larger mansion, did not get more impressive horses, and gave the imperial awards to his relatives, drawing praise from the senior official Song Jing. However, he often had disagreements with fellow chancellor Du Xian, and the senior chancellor Yuan Qianyao was unable to moderate their differences, drawing Emperor Xuanzong's displeasure with all three. In 729, he removed all three from chancellor positions, replacing them with Yuwen Rong and Pei Guangting, while retaining fellow chancellor Xiao Song. Li was demoted to be the prefect of Cao Prefecture (曹州, roughly modern Heze, Shandong). He later left civil service altogether on account of illness, but later was given the honorary office of minister of census and allowed to retire with that title. In 733, when he was seriously ill, he was made the head of the household for Emperor Xuanzong's crown prince Li Hong. He died soon thereafter and was given posthumous honors.