This offer of marriage was eventually shelved when what he believed to be the ghost of Imperial Prince Tomohira appeared near Yorimichi, who was then sick in bed (Imperial Princess Teishi later got married with FUJIWARA no Norimichi, Yorimichi's younger brother).
さらに病床に伏した頼通の元に具平親王の怨霊が現れたともいわれ、結局沙汰やみになった（その後禔子内親王は頼通の弟藤原教通と結婚している）。