The Cloistered Emperor was thought to have intended to call off the enthronement of Imperial Prince Shigehito and to support Prince Morihito (Emperor Nijo); and thereafter, a marriage of Prince Morihito and Imperial Princess Shushi, the youngest daughter of the Cloistered Emperor (and her mother was Bifukumon-in), was arranged.
法皇の意図は、重仁親王の即位を取りやめて守仁王（二条天皇）を擁立する事にあったと思われ、その後守仁王と法皇の末娘しゅ子内親王（母は美福門院）との縁談も決められた。