It also seems that Kiyomori judged it to be an imprudent policy to completely exclude Yorimori, and thereafter he looked for ways to have Yorimori act as his right hand man.
清盛も頼盛を完全に排除するのは得策でないと判断したようで、以後は自らの手足として積極的に活用する動きが見受けられる。