Although Ochiba no Miya hopes to stay at the villa and become a priest, her father Emperor Suzaku disagrees with her and sends Yugiri to take her back to the principal residence at Ichijo Palace.
落葉の宮はこのまま山荘に残り出家したいと思ったが、父朱雀帝の反対にあい、夕霧によって強引に本邸の一条宮に連れ戻された。