"Also, toward the end of his reign, when medications given to him by alchemists altered his personality to be harsher and less patient, it was said that many attendants and officials were punished, but it was often intercession by the empress that saved many people.However, by this point, Li Bian's favorite consort was Consort Zhong, who bore the only son of his who was not born of Empress Song, Li Jingti (李景逷), whom he also favored.