On October 21, after things seemed to have calmed down, a warrior serving Shigemori attacked and assaulted Motofusa's servant when Motofusa was on his way to the Imperial Palace to celebrate the Emperor reaching the age of maturity.
ほとぼりが冷めたと思われた10月21日、天皇の元服定のため基房が参内する途中、重盛の武者が基房の従者を襲い乱暴を働いた。