He finally passed in 1032 and was assigned to Saemon no jo (third-ranked officer of the Left Division of Outer Palace Guards), but was punished for revealing the answer for Taisaku to his junior fellow secretly.
1032年（長元5年）にようやく合格し左衛門尉に任命されたが、後輩に対策の答えをひそかに教え罰せられたこともある。