Judging from the behaviors that his son Korenobu OUCHI took later, it is highly probable that by that time, Koreyoshi had already made up a mind to join the Imperial Court side.
が、子息の大内惟信の後の行動（後述）から推測すれば、この時期すでに惟義は、心情的には朝廷方へ荷担する意図があった可能性も高い。