Suehide soon went out from the Nijo-gosho with the Imperial Prince who put on the official cloths of the Imperial court in order to prove his existence, the surrounding Akechi force allowed them to pass and they escaped safely.
季秀らは、すぐさま親王を奉じてそれがわかるよう朝廷の正装でもって御所を出ると、包囲する明智軍に通してもらって無事に脱出する。