However, it is said that Hiroko took full advantage of the position as Midaidokoro and strongly required to assign Yoshimune to the next Shogun by saying, 'This is the real thought of the former Shogun Ienobu.'
が、熙子は御台所としての立場を最大限に生かし「これは先代将軍家宣公の御本心なのです」と次期将軍に吉宗を強く希望したとされる。