Having heard that, Shigetsugu HONDA deliberately made the irresponsible remark, "Our lord must have been blinded in judgement to have given such a fine horse to a brat like Manchiyo," (or words to that effect) in the presence of Naomasa.
これを聞いた本多重次がわざわざ直政のいるところで、「あのような名馬を万千代みたいな子倅にくれてやるとは、殿も目が暗くなったのではないか」といった意味のことを放言した。