Immediately after the imperial order was given, however, Yukitsuna TADA informed Kiyomori of the Shishigatani plot in secrecy, which caused Kiyomori to change his mind and redirected his army of the Taira clan which had been gathered for attacking Mt. Hiei to the capture of the plotters.
しかしその直後、多田行綱が鹿ケ谷の陰謀を平清盛に密告したため、比叡山攻撃のために集結していた平氏軍は攻撃を取りやめ、陰謀参加者の捕縛にあたった。