Around that time, according to the Cloistered Emperor there was talk of marriage between Tadazane and FUJIWARA no Shoshi (Kinzane's daughter); however, the Kanin House of the Fujiwara clan, hating Tadazane, declined and the engagement was broken off.
この頃、法皇により忠通と公実の娘・藤原璋子の婚姻の話がもちあがるが、閑院流を憎悪する忠実は断り破談となっていた。