In the next year after the Hogen War, she was promoted to empress and 2 years later, she became an empress dowager, and in 1168, she received an Imperial letter which permit her to use the title "In" and was named Kujoin.
翌年保元の乱の後皇后、2年後皇太后に進み、仁安3年（1168年）38歳で院号宣下により九条院と号した。