Yorimichi did not cooperate with the Crown Prince and, in 1050, his only daughter, FUJIWARA no Kanshi, entered the court to become Empress, accompanied by great hopes that a prince would be born but this was not to be.
頼通は東宮には協力せず、永承5年（1050年）に一人娘の藤原寛子を入内させ皇后となし、皇子誕生に望みを繋いだがやはり皇子を生むことはなかった。