As Kiyomori responded that he 'would not make any actions unless ordered by Kiyomori,' the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa thought a conversation with Shigemori would be a waste of time and therefore called Kiyomori over from Fukuhara.
重盛らは「清盛の指示がなければ動かない」と返答したため、話にならないと見た後白河法皇は、清盛を福原から呼び出した。