In kugegijo (a meeting to form decisions by nobles), opinions against dispatch of troops were in the majority, because there was a risk of destroying the portable shrine, and Shigemori, who should take command of governmental troops, expressed disapproval of sending out the troops in the night, and, therefore, the next day, the nobles decided on the exile of Narichika and confinement of Masatomo.
公卿議定では神輿が破壊される危険性から派兵に消極的な意見が大勢を占め、官兵を率いる平重盛も夜間の出動に難色を示したため、翌日の議定で成親配流・政友拘禁が決定した。