This incident was exposed immediately, and in April, Korechika was demoted to Dazai Gonnosochi and Takaie was demoted to Izumo Province and fell from power, and Empress Sadako/Teishi who became saddened by this cut off her hair and became a nun, but later, upon Emperor's order she returned to the Imperial Court (Chotoku Incident).
ことは直ぐに露見し4月に罪を責められた伊周は大宰権帥、隆家は出雲国に左遷されて失脚しこれを憂いた中宮定子は髪を切って尼となったが、後に天皇の命で宮中に戻っている（長徳の変）。