Although Sanesuke was sick on that day, he visited the Imperial Palace together with Chunagon (vice-councilor of state) FUJIWARA no Takaie, saying that there were no two lords in a country just as there were no two suns in heaven.
実資はこの日は病身であったが「天に二日なし、土に両主なし」と言うや中納言藤原隆家とともに参内して、儀式を取り仕切った。