The Emperor grieved so badly that the Emperor called his repository MINAMOTO no Nakakuni (brother of MINAMOTO no Nakaakira, who was Uda-Genji (the Minamoto clan originated from Emperor Uda) in secret and issued an imperial order to Nakakuni to secretly call back Kogo to the court.
天皇の嘆きは深く、密かに腹心の源仲国（宇多源氏・源仲章の兄）を呼び出して小督を秘密裏に宮中に呼び戻すよう勅を賜った。