By negotiating with Akiko's husband Tekkan YOSANO and Shu HIRAIDE in person, Keigetsu, while he never changed his position that poetry should obey the nation and society in a particular situation, agreed to withdraw his criticism against Akiko calling her 'a traitor, betrayer, etc.,' and thus the dispute was settled.
夫・与謝野鉄幹と平出修の直談判により、桂月は「詩歌も状況によっては国家社会に服すべし」とする立場は変えなかったものの、晶子に対する「乱臣賊子云々」の語は取り下げ、論争は収束する。