In the Court Council held from the evening of till late in the night of January 2, 1868, it was decided that Takachika MORI (lord of the Choshu clan) and Motonori MORI (Takachika's heir) were allowed to restore their official rank and to enter Kyoto, and the five court nobles, including Sanetomi SANJO who had been expelled since the Coup of August 18, obtained absolution, and also court nobles, including Tomomi IWAKURA who had been under house arrest, were freed from punishment.
12月8日夕方から深更にかけて行われた朝議で、毛利敬親（長州藩主）・毛利元徳（同世子）の官位復活と入京許可、三条実美ら八月十八日の政変で追放された5人の公卿の赦免、および岩倉具視ら謹慎中の公卿の処分解除が決定された。