The Cloistered Emperor Uda already liked Tadahira, and after hearing this story he prized him all the more and had his princess (MINAMOTO no Junshi) marry him beneath her rank ("Kojidan" (Talks of Ancient Matters)").
宇多法皇はかねてから忠平を好んでいたが、この話を聞いて、ますます重んじ、皇女（源順子）を降嫁せしめたという（『古事談』）。