Emperor Komei, who was enraged at this sanction, sent the Minister of the Right Sukehiro TAKATSUKASA and Gon Dainagon (provisional chief councilor) Nariyuki NIJO to the residences of the Konoe family and the Sanjo family respectively, as Imperial envoys, and gave KONOE and SANJO the imperial order of sandai (a visit to the Imperial Palace).
これに激怒した孝明天皇によって2日後に右大臣鷹司輔煕と権大納言二条斉敬を勅使として近衛・三条両邸に派遣して両名に参内の勅命を下した。