It was not long before Chujo no kimi got remarried to Mutsu no kami (deputy minister of regional administration in Mutsu) (later Hitachi no suke (Assistant Governor of Hitachi Province)), and together with Ukifune they lived in eastern part of Japan for a long time.
中将の君はまもなく浮舟を連れて陸奥守（のちに常陸介）と再婚し、東国に長く下っていた。