After they succeeded in killing Shinzei, Tsunemune and Korekata had no need to cooperate with the Insei group any more and, therefore, they secretly contacted TAIRA no Kiyomori and let the Emperor Nijo escape from the dairi (Imperial Palace) to Rokuhara.
信西殺害に成功して院政派と組む必要がなくなった経宗・惟方は、密かに平清盛と内通して二条を内裏から六波羅に脱出させた。