When the memorial services for her reached a certain point, a Buddhist priest on a night-watch duty, who had been serving since Fujitsubo's heyday, secretly told Emperor Reizei about the circumstances of his birth.
法要が一段落ついた頃、藤壺の時代から仕えていた夜居の僧が、冷泉帝に出生の秘密を密かに告げた。