Korechika and his younger sister Teishi clung closely together and resisted the repeated imperial orders; the situation ended in several days of stalemate, but eventually in the early morning of May 25, the Imperial Court issued a senji to raid the chugu gosho (empress's palace; Nijo-Kitamiya).
彼は妹定子と相携えて離れず、度重なる勅命にも抗い、数日間膠着状態が続いたが、5月1日早朝になって、朝廷は宣旨を降し中宮御所の捜索を聴許。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
At that time, pregnant chugu Teishi had moved into her private residence called Nijo-Kitamiya (or Nijo no miya) at the beginning of the previous month, and Korechika was staying at the western annex to her residence, where Emon no suke (Assistant Captain of Outer Palace Guards) KOREMUNE no Masasuke (or Tadasuke) delivered the senmyo into Hairu (exile) to Korechika; Korechika refused to leave, under the pretext of being seriously ill.
折りしも懐妊中の中宮定子は先月始めから里第二条北宮に退出しており、衛門佐・惟宗允亮は御在所の西の対に在る伊周に配流の宣命を伝えたが、伊周は重病を称し、出立を拒んだ。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス