When many samurai (warriors) smashed the doors and broke into the imperial palace under the command of Kebiishi (police and judicial chief), chugu was so humiliated and abased that she cut off her hair to become a nun and those around her wailed so piteously and loudly as to cause heartrending grief in the hearts of the onlookers.
検非違使率いる武士どもが戸を壊し御所に乱入した後、中宮は屈辱に耐えられず自ら落飾、一同の悲泣の声は多数の見物人が聞くに忍びなかったという。