While she was still Michisada's wife, her love affair with the third son of Emperor Reizei, Prince Tametaka (977 - 1002), became the gossip of the court, and she was disowned by her father for loving someone above her station.
まだ道貞の妻だった頃、冷泉天皇の第三皇子為尊親王（977年－1002年）との熱愛が世に喧伝され、身分違いの恋だったとて親から勘当を受けた。