Due to this, Empress Kogyoku abdicated the throne on the 15 of the same month and it was decided that Prince Karu who was regarded as the real leader of the coups ascend the throne (Emperor Kotoku).
これにより皇極天皇は同月14日に退位し、事件の真の首謀者と目される軽皇子（かるのみこ）が即位することとなった（孝徳天皇）。