However, one day his elder brother Sahohiko no miko asked her, 'which of us do you love more, your husband or me?,' and when she answered, ' brother, I love you more,' he handed a knife and ordered her to assassinate the Emperor.
ところがある日、兄の狭穂毘古に「お前は夫と私どちらが愛おしいか」と尋ねられて「兄のほうが愛おしい」と答えたところ、短刀を渡され天皇を暗殺するように言われる。