Korechika and his younger sister Teishi clung closely together and resisted the repeated imperial orders; the situation ended in several days of stalemate, but eventually in the early morning of May 25, the Imperial Court issued a senji to raid the chugu gosho (empress's palace; Nijo-Kitamiya).
彼は妹定子と相携えて離れず、度重なる勅命にも抗い、数日間膠着状態が続いたが、5月1日早朝になって、朝廷は宣旨を降し中宮御所の捜索を聴許。