In December of the same year, according to the order of Katsuie, he went to Yamashiro Hoshakuji-jo Castle (Oyamazaki-machi, Kyoto Prefecture) with Nagachika KANAMORI and Katsumitsu FUWA, and negotiated about a temporary peace with Hideyoshi who stayed there (however, this was an expedient means of Katsuie whose home ground was Hokuriku which was snowed up in winter.)
同年11月には勝家の命を受け、金森長近・不破勝光とともに山城宝積寺城（京都府大山崎町）にあった秀吉を相手に一時的な和議の交渉を行った（ただしこれは雪に閉ざされた北陸を本拠地としていた勝家の方便である）。