She lived in the Kokiden of the highest prestige among the empresses' residences and exerted power, but Kiritsubo no Koi (lower class court lady) took away the love of the Emperor Kiritsubo from her, and that was why she detested Hikaru Genji, the son of Kiritsubo no Koi, even after his mother died.
後宮で最も格の高い弘徽殿に住まい権勢を誇ったが、桐壺帝の寵愛を桐壺更衣に奪われたことで、更衣の死後も忘れ形見である光源氏を激しく憎んだ。