He lived in Qingshou Temple, ate fasting and chanted Buddha's name, intending to wash away the sin of killing committed during the Sutra crisis. When he went to court, he wore a black monk's robe when

He lived in Qingshou Temple, ate fasting and chanted Buddha's name, intending to wash away the sin of killing committed during the Sutra crisis. When he went to court, he wore a black monk's robe when he could not wear the court clothes, so people called him Hei The prime minister in black clothes and the demonic monk in black clothes. Although he was peaceful in his later years, his life also had the same regrets as Zhu Di due to Jing Nan. When he went to Huzhou to provide disaster relief, he went to his hometown in Changzhou. Although he distributed all the gold to the clan villagers, no one asked him to see his sister. She stayed behind closed doors because he was a rebel. He went to see his old friend Wang Bin, thinking that he could understand him. Wang Bin also refused to meet him, and even asked someone to spread the word about Monk Wu Yi. Then in the 16th year of Yongle, Yao Guangxiao became seriously ill and died soon after at the age of 84. After Renzong Zhu Gaochi succeeded to the throne, he specially ordered Yao Guangxiao to enjoy the palace of Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty. This was Yao Guangxiao's greatest honor as Zhu Di's adviser. Looking at the lists of the Ming Taizu and Taizong who were entitled to the Imperial Ancestral Temple in the two founding dynasties, there are 16 meritorious officials, including Zhongshan King Xu Da and below, who were military ministers who were born and died. Among the civil servants who are entitled to serve, Yao Guangxiao is the only one. This shows Yao Guangxiao's special status in the early Ming Dynasty.