After being referred to as Nyogo (or Kiritsubo no okata, miyasudokoro and so on), she stood highest in the favor of the crown prince and became pregnant (at the age of thirteen years old by the old Japanese system).
女御（桐壺の御方、御息所などとも）と呼ばれるようになった彼女は、東宮の篤い寵愛を受け、間もなく御子を懐妊する（数え年13歳）。