On 22, the Imperial Court sent TAIRA no Chikamune to Yukitsuna to give him a migyosho (a document for informing people of the decision of Third Rank or upper people) ordering him not to search out and destroy the Taira clan for the safety of Emperor Antoku and the Three Sacred Treasures of the Imperial Family.
26日には朝廷が平親宗を遣わし行綱に安徳天皇と三種の神器の安全のために平氏を追討しないよう命じる御教書を下した。