Although Tamakazura was about to serve as Naishi no tsukasa (female palace attendant), Higekuro forced a relationship on her through the good offices of a court lady right before her entering the Imperial Palace.
内侍司として出仕を控えていた玉鬘だったが、その直前に髭黒が女房の手引きで強引に契りを交わしてしまう。