Later he became a candidate for the husband of Onna Sannomiya (the Third Princess) but he failed again, so he ended up marrying Makibashira (Higekuro's daughter and Shikibukyo no Miya's granddaughter), but their marriage didn't go well (chapter 'Wakana' (New Herbs): Part One).
その後女三宮の婿候補にも挙がったが果たせず、結局真木柱（髭黒の娘、式部卿宮の孫）を後妻としたものの、夫婦仲は芳しくなかった（「若菜下」）。