Ironically, at the time of the Incident at Honno-ji Temple, it was said that after the KONOE family fled from this mansion the Akechi army occupied it and attacked Nijo Shin-gosho from there; before long there was a rumor that Sakihisa had given his support to Mitsuhide.
皮肉にも本能寺の変の際、近衛家家人が逃げ出したこの屋敷を占拠した明智軍がここから二条新御所を攻撃したという話があり、やがてそれに尾ひれが付いて前久が光秀に加担したとの風説が流された。