When the waiting-woman to his wife said "this family prospered thanks to ma'am," he reprimanded her in front of his wife; but later, he summoned the waiting-woman and told her, "I understand that my promotion was largely due to my wife's influence, but please don't mention it in her presence, so that she doesn't take advantage of it after hearing it and ruin the marriage."
妻の侍女が「当家が繁栄したのも姫君の甲斐があってこそ」と発言したのを、妻の前では叱責しておき、後になって、その侍女を呼び寄せ「自分の出世には多分に妻の七光りによるところなのは理解しているが、それを聞いて彼女が付け上がり、夫婦仲が悪くなっても困るから妻の前では、それを言うのは止めて欲しい」と言った。