As February 11 faded into 12, at around the hour of the Ox (about 2 AM), a fire was set in Omiya Nijo Palace, and taking advantage of the soldiers' distraction, Tadaaki hid Emperor Nijo in a carriage restricted to ladies and drove away, soon entering Kiyomori's mansion at Rokuhara (this being Emperor Nijo's aforementioned Imperial visit to Rokuhara).
日付が変わって26日丑刻（午前2時）、大宮二条で火災が起こり武士が気を取られた隙に、尹明は二条天皇を女房車に乗せ内裏を出て、六波羅の清盛邸に入った（二条天皇の六波羅行幸）。