Defeated by Genji in the competition among the candidates for empress, the Naidaijin's hope is that his second daughter Kumoi no Kari, being looked after by Omiya (The Tale of Genji), might become the Crown Princess.
立后争いで源氏に敗れた内大臣は、大宮(源氏物語)に預けている次女雲居の雁を皇太子妃にと期待をかける。