As Emperor Goreizei had no heirs after all, we might say that her death was the beginning of the decline of Sekkan-ke (the families which produced the Regent and the Chief Adviser to the Emperor).
その後冷泉天皇にもついに世継ぎができなかったため、彼女の死が摂関家の斜陽の始まりであったといえる。