Takakage sensed Hideyoshi's intention, and rushed to have Hidemoto MORI, who was a child of Motokiyo HOIDA, who was a younger brother of Takakage, adopted by Terumoto as the successor of the head family of the Mori clan.
隆景は秀吉の意図を知り、これを阻止するため、弟・穂井田元清の子である毛利秀元を輝元の養子として毛利本家の後継者を急ぎ決める。