Rinshi was viewed as his legal wife and her sons, Yorimichi and FUJIWARA no Norimichi, were given preference in promotions over Akiko's children, FUJIWARA no Yorimune and FUJIWARA no Yoshinobu, and her daughter became Empress.
倫子が正妻とみなされ、倫子の子の頼通、藤原教通は、明子の子の藤原頼宗、藤原能信らより昇進の面で優遇され、また娘も倫子の子が皇妃とされた。