The proposers include Togu (the Crown Prince), Nakatada, MINAMOTO no Suzushi, MINAMOTO no Sanetada, MINAMOTO no Nakasumi, Ueno no miya, and Takamoto MIHARU, most of whom fall behind one after another, and although Nakatada and Suzushi, who recognize each other as rivals, have a match of the fantastic hikin in the Imperial court, Atemiya enters the Togu's court and gets to be called a Higyosha (one of the royal halls).
求婚者には春宮（皇太子）、仲忠、源涼、源実忠、源仲純、上野宮、三春高基らがいたが続々と脱落し、互いにライバルと認める仲忠と涼が宮中で見事な秘琴の勝負を繰りひろげたものの、結局、あて宮は春宮に入内し、飛香舎と呼ばれるようになった。