However, Kashiwagi has asked Yugiri, his best fiend, to look after his family after he dies, and while Yugiri visits Kashiwagi's wife Ni no Miya (the Second Princess, Ochiba no Miya), he comes to be attracted to her.
一方で柏木に後事を託された親友の夕霧(源氏物語)は、残された柏木の妻女二宮（落葉の宮）を見舞ううちに彼女に引かれるようになってゆく。