In October 1156, Yoshiko became the second consort of the Emperor Goshirakawa, and Teishi became an empress; Masaruko was assigned as the empress dowager, and then became a grand empress dowager, after Teishi was assigned to the empress dowager when Imperial Princess Toshi became an empress in February 1158.
保元元年（1156年）10月、忻子が後白河の中宮に、呈子が皇后となったことから、多子は皇太后に移り、保元3年（1158年）2月、統子内親王が皇后になると、呈子が皇太后に移ったことから太皇太后となった。