The Chugu residence was decided to be a room of Chugu Office which was far from Seiryoden(Emperor's residence), however, the nobles at court frowned upon the fact that Teishi had moved into the palace after she became a nun, leading FUJIWARA no Sanesuke to write in his diary "Shoyuki" on June 22, 997, that "people are displeased"
中宮御所は清涼殿からほど遠い中宮職の御曹司と決められたが、それでも定子が出家の身で禁裏へ入った事への公卿の顰蹙を反映して、藤原実資はその日記『小右記』長徳三年六月二十二日条に、「天下不甘心」の語を記した。