She made every effort and asked related nobles and court ladies, then, after twelve days stay in Kyoto, she finally got the permission of the continuance of the Tokugawa family directly from the court with the condition that Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA should obey the court orders.
しかし、縁ある公卿や女官を頼りに奔走し、１２日間の京での滞在の結果、ついに｢慶喜が恭順の道に尽くすなら｣と徳川家存続の内旨を得た。