Given the above, in the event Konoe had no chance of succeeding to the Imperial Throne, there was a possibility for Shigehito to become a successor to the throne; however, Imperial Prince Morihito, the son of Sutoku's younger half-brother Imperial Prince Masahito, was also adopted, so that it ultimately became a factor of the Hogen War as a fight for imperial succession in later years.
これにより近衛が継嗣のないまま死去した場合には重仁への皇位継承が可能となったが、その後、崇徳の同母弟雅仁親王の王子守仁親王をも養子としたために、後年の保元の乱の原因となる跡目争いへの種が蒔かれてしまった。