But the inner palace in those days was filled with consorts from the family of regents and advisors (a different branch of the Fujiwara clan), and Empress Anshi first among them; although she was the one of the highest birth among all these women, Queen Kishi gradually lost her influential supporters, and was not blessed with brothers or imperial princes (i.e., sons) on whom she could rely.
しかし当時の後宮は中宮安子を始めとして摂家出身の妃が多く、そんな中で徽子女王は最も高貴な出自故に有力な後見を欠き、また頼りになる兄弟や皇子にも恵まれなかった。