There is an episode where, while her lady-in-waiting was combing her hair, she was asked by Yorimichi to appoint his son FUJIWARA no Morozane as the Kanpaku (chief advisor) to her newly enthroned grandson, Emperor Goreizei.
その後は孫の後冷泉天皇が即位したが、女官に髪を梳かせていた彰子は、その代に息子藤原師実へ関白職を譲りたい頼通からそのつもりを聞かされた。