In September 1161, as the plot to institute the Imperial Prince Norihito (the seventh Imperial Prince of Goshirakawa) to the Crown Prince was revealed, intervention to political affairs by the Retired Emperor Goshirakawa was suspended and direct administration by the Emperor Nijo was established.
応保元年（1161年）9月、憲仁（後白河の第七皇子、後の高倉天皇）親王立太子の陰謀が発覚したことで、後白河上皇の政治介入は停止されて二条天皇による親政が確立する。