As Tamakazura's bridal entry into court becomes more of a real possibility, suitors feels uneasy, especially Yugiri who confesses his love for Tamakazura, putting a spray of thoroughwort flower into a bamboo blind.
玉鬘入内の噂がたかくなるにつれ求婚者たちの思いは乱れ、ことに夕霧は藤袴一枝を御簾に差入れて彼女に意中をあかす。