The court noble society was also at a loss over how to cope with this unusual incident, but it ended up adopting the opinion of Daijo-daijin (Grand minister of state) Fuyuyoshi ICHIJO, deciding that Masamoto and his son would be dismissed by the Emperor and their attendance at court would be stopped.
公家社会もこの異常な事件の対応に苦慮したが、結局は太政大臣一条冬良の意見を採用し、政基父子を勅勘処分として出仕を停止することに決定した。