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The oldest surviving son of the late To-no-Chujo was now the Lord Inspector. He wanted Niou to marry with his second daughter. Fortunately, Niou favored his son who was born of the Lord Inspector and his second wife Makibashira. He had never forgotten the pleasure, which the late Genji had given him, when he was a pageboy. He broke off a rose plum branch and handed it to his boy with a poem, "A purposeful breeze wafts forth the scent of our plum. Will not the warbler be first to heed the summons?" But, the prince Niou was interested in the stepdaughter of Makibashira rather than in the second daughter.
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