This incident had nothing to do with Otsugu and he joined the suppressing side, however, the whole Ceremonial House which was Otsugu's political base was led to its political decline because Kusuko who was a daughter of FUJIWARA no Tanetsugu and who was also the wife of FUJIWARA no Tadanushi (both Tanetsugu and Tadanushi were Otsugu' cousins) was the leader of the Incident.
緒嗣とは何ら関係のない事件であり、自身も鎮圧する側に回ったのであるが、藤原種継の娘で藤原縄主の妻（種継・縄主ともに緒嗣の従兄弟）であった薬子が事件の首謀者だったということで緒嗣の政治基盤であった式家全体が政治的な地盤沈下を招いた。