The threat of collapse was averted by the Karo (chief retainers) of Yanagimoto Domain who acted quickly to claim the passing of Hidechika due to illness and by the appointment of his brother Naritoshi ODA as adoptive heir.
このため、柳本藩は改易の危機を迎えたが、藩の家老たちが機転をきかせて秀親は病死ということにして弟の織田成純を養嗣子として後を継がせ、改易の危機を脱したのである。