Then, when Fujitsubo took temporary leave from court because of her illness, she had an affair with Genji and Fujitsubo gave birth to a boy (later, Emperor Reizei, crown prince to Emperor SUZAKU) who looked exactly like Genii.
そして藤壺が病のため里下がりした折に関係をもち（「若紫」）、その結果藤壺は源氏に生き写しの男御子（後の朱雀帝の皇太子、冷泉帝）をもうける。