Norimori, pitying his son-in-law, petitioned Kiyomori to grant amnesty to Naritsune as a gesture of magnanimity expressing his wish for the safe child birth of Empress TAIRA no Tokuko; Kiyomori accepted this petition, and in the following year, 1178, Naritsune was granted amnesty and returned to Kyoto.
娘婿のこと哀れに思う教盛は懐妊した中宮平徳子の安産祈願として大赦を願い出て、清盛もこれを許し、翌治承2年（1178年）に成経は赦免されて京へ帰った。