After that she lived with her mother, Imperial Princess Teishi, but she had an affair with MINAMOTO no Toshifusa who was three years younger than her, and finally she eloped to Toshifusa's house.
その後は母・禎子内親王の下で生活していたが、天喜5年（1057年）、3歳年下の源俊房と密通し、遂に俊房の屋敷へ駆け落ちしてしまった。