In the next year, he additionally assumed Chugu daibu (Master of the Consort's Household), and served FUJIWARA no Teishi, the Empress of Emperor Ichijo, but he resigned from it just a half year later, being reluctant to have a connection to the Nakanokanpaku family which was in decline.
翌年（長徳5年、改元して長保元年、999年）、一条天皇の中宮藤原定子の中宮職の長官である中宮大夫を兼務するも、落ち目の中関白家と関わる事を嫌って、わずか半年で辞任する。