Additionally, he changed his anti-shogunate attitude and organized the engagement of Princess Yasonomiya Yosiko and Seii Taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians"), Ietsugu TOKUGAWA, outflanking the Emperor Nakamikado and Motohiro KONOE, in order to have a better relationship with the government of Edo, but this collapsed after the death of Ietsugu.
また、従来の反幕府の態度を一転させて皇女八十宮吉子内親王と征夷大将軍徳川家継の婚約を実現させて中御門天皇と近衛基熙を出し抜いて幕府との連携に転じるが、こちらは家継死去のために挫折に終わった。