Suspicion of involvement in the plot also fell upon Takaakira and the kebiishi surrounded his residence, delivering an Imperial edict informing him that he was demoted to Dazai gon no sochi (Provisional Governor-General of the Dazai-fu offices).
謀反の容疑は高明にも及び検非違使が邸を取り囲み、大宰権帥に左遷する詔を伝えた。