Emperor Kiritsubo experienced so much deep grief that those around him could not look on with indifference, and encouraged him to have Fujitsubo (the fourth princess of the previous Emperor), who looked exactly like late Kiritsubo no koi, enter the Imperial court, and he favored her, making her the Empress when she gave birth to the tenth prince (later known as Emperor Reizei).
悲しみに暮れる桐壺帝を見かねた周囲のすすめにより、亡き桐壺更衣に瓜二つである藤壺（先帝の第四皇女）を入内させて寵愛し、第十皇子（後の冷泉帝）を産んだのを機に中宮に据えた。