She was under suspicion of having an affair with zasu (temple's head priest), Zenyu of Toko-ji Temple which she ordered to be built during Emperor Uda's era and she lost her position as Empress Dowager in 896, however she took back her position again in 943.
寛平8年（896年）宇多天皇の時、自らが建立した東光寺の座主善祐と密通したという疑いをかけられ皇太后を廃されたが、没後の天慶6年（943年）に復位されている。