After the marriage proposal was withdrawn, Ukifune couldn't stay at home any more and she was put in custody of her elder paternal half-sister Naka no kimi, who was then the wife of Nioumiya.
破談で家に身の置き場のなくなった浮舟は、今は匂宮の北の方となった異母姉の中の君に預けられた。