Sekke regent families other than the KONOE family opposed the demands of Hiroko (who became the wife of Shogun), which made her niece, Hisako KONOE (Iehiro's daughter), become the Nyogo (consort) of Emperor Nakamikado, and went on the side of the Retired Emperor Reigen (from the adoption system of the time, the grandsons of Norihira TAKATSUKASA occupied the heads of the four Sekke regent families other than the Konoe family and had intimate relationships with each other).
また、御台所となった熈子の意向で姪にあたる家熈の娘・近衛尚子が中御門天皇の女御として入内する事になったために近衛家以外の他の摂家が反発して霊元上皇に接近するようになった（なお、当時の養子縁組によって鷹司教平の男系の孫が揃って近衛家以外の4つの摂家の当主であり、互いに親密であった）。