Chunagon (vice-councilor of state) FUJIWARA no Kadonomaro and other retainers remonstrated with the Retired Emperor as much as they could, but he headed for the east by palanquin with Kusuko.
中納言藤原葛野麻呂ら群臣は極力これを諌めたが、上皇は薬子とともに輿にのって東に向かった。