In those days, there was a rumor that the poems by Koshikibu no Naishi were in fact composed by her mother, so Shijo Chunagon made fun of Koshikibu no Naishi, but she replied to him with an excellent poem.
当時、小式部内侍の歌は母が代作しているという噂があったため、四条中納言は小式部内侍をからかったのだが、小式部内侍は見事な歌で答えたのだった。