However, the Emperor was dissuaded from doing so by the empress, who said, "If you kill this toneri as you want to eat the boar now, there is no distinction between you and a wolf."
しかし「陛下、今猪を食したいからといって舎人を斬られますのは、豺狼（山犬・狼のこと）と何も違いません。」と、皇后にいさめられた。