In fact, Tokiie and Tokiie's stepmother, FUJIWARA no Muneko, who was Tokitada's second lawful wife, were not on good terms, and she took this opportunity to give a slanderous account to her husband, Tokitada, who believed it, as did Kiyomori.
実は時家の継母である時忠の後室・藤原領子が時家と折合いが悪かったためにこの機に乗じて夫に讒言し、父・時忠や清盛もこれを信じたものであった。