Eventually, Saigo and other members' efforts failed and Kuniomi tried to release the Imperial loyalist priest Gessho,who had been given an arrest order, to Satsuma, however the situation in the domain completely changed and things became difficult.
結局、西郷たちの工作は失敗し、幕府から逮捕命令が出された勤王僧月照を薩摩へ逃そうとするが、藩情が一変して難航。