On the other hand, from the Imperial rescript on the incident contained in "Seiji yoryaku" (examples of the politics in the Heian period) in which Emperor Ichijo reprimanded Korechika by mentioning his name, Emperor Ichijo might have had mixed feelings about Korechika, while expecting Imperial Prince Atsuyasu to succeed the throne as Korechika had done, because Emperor Ichijo had had suspicions against Korechika since the Chotoku Incident.
その一方で、『政事要略』所収の事件に関する詔勅には一条天皇が名指しで伊周を非難した部分があり、伊周同様に敦康親王への皇位継承を望みながらも伊周に対しては長徳の変以来の不信が積み重ねられた一条天皇の複雑な感情も読み取ることが出来る。