However, upon learning the charges against the NAITOs were false, he executed their accuser, Takemori, and took the daughter of Hironori as his legal wife to restore the Naito clan.
ただし、後に内藤親子の冤罪を知り、讒言した武護を誅殺し、弘矩の娘を正室に迎えて内藤氏を再興させている。