However, on the night of January 8, Hachijoin left Hojuji-dono Palace, on January 9, Josaimonin and the Imperial Princess Ryoshi left, Hokuroku no miya ran away, and, as if to replace them, Emperor Gotoba, Cloistered Imperial Prince Shukaku, Cloistered Imperial Prince Ene, and Myoun of Tendai-zasu (head priest of the Tendai sect) entered the Imperial Palace, and judging from the move, it is considered that Goshirakawa had made up his mind to attack Yoshinaka.
しかし、17日夜に八条院、18日に上西門院・亮子内親王が法住寺殿を去り、北陸宮も逐電、入れ替わるように後鳥羽天皇、守覚法親王、円恵法親王、天台座主・明雲が御所に入っており、義仲への武力攻撃の決意を固めたと思われる。