Under such a circumstance, Mitsuyasu was exempted from the punishment for a while after the disturbance, however, targeted by Retired Emperor Goshirakawa who was trying to exclude all the followers of Emperor Nijo's government, he had to live in a precarious situation.
このため乱の直後は処罰を免れるが、二条親政派の排除を意図した後白河によって、引き続きその立場を狙われることとなる。