With the sole desire to meet his daughter, Himegimi, born to the dead Asukai Onnagimi, he sneaks into the residence of Ippon no Miya who took in Himegimi but the ensuing chaos results in a situation in which he is obliged to marry Ippon no Miya who is 12 years his senior.
狭衣は飛鳥井女君の忘れ形見の姫君に会いたい一心で、姫君を引き取った一品宮の屋敷に忍び込んで騒がれたため、心ならずも一回り年上の一品宮と結婚する羽目になる。