Later, Gonrokuro was active in Kyoto with Akimasa IKEDA as the representative, but it did not work well against Satsuma and Choshu of which lord of the domain himself stood in the front, so it was decided to have Yoshimasa retire, but Gonrokuro and Emi visited Tadaka ICHIJO for consultation because Teigoro IKEDA, Yoshimasa's son, was ingorant, and Tadaka said to 'select Mochimasa IKEDA in Mito Domain', and therefore, they submitted an opinion to the upper stratum to adopt Kuromaro.
その後、池田政詮を名代にたてて京都で活動したが藩主自らが先頭に立つ薩長相手に思うようにいかなかったので、慶政を隠居に追い込むこととしたが慶政の息子・池田鼎五郎は暗愚であるため権六郎と江見は一条忠香に相談に伺い、忠香は「水戸藩の池田茂政にせい」といったので上層部に九郎麿を養子にするようにと上申したという。