Every time when Tamakazura thought of unhappiness of Oigimi and compared Kaoru and Kurodo no Shosho with her sons whose promotions were slow, she was bitterly disappointed by this frustrating world and could not help feeling regret.
玉鬘は大君の不幸や自分の息子たちの出世の遅さと比べるにつけ、思うに任せぬ世を悔しく思い後悔の念は耐えない。