Fu Hua glanced at him more seriously upon hearing that.
Fujiwara no Fuhito's position as Minister of the Right meant nothing to Fu Hua, but his name made her take a second look.
Fujiwara no Fuhito!
His mother was the daughter of Kuratsukuri no Kuni no Ko, so in The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, he was the Prince of Kuratsukuri. He was the one who pursued Princess Kaguya and nearly married Kaguya after presenting her with a fake Hōrai Jade Branch.
But his Hōrai Jade Branch was discovered to be fake in time. Not only did he fail to marry Kaguya, he was thoroughly humiliated by her instead.
Fujiwara no Fuhito had brought out the fake Hōrai Jade Branch and pretended he had suffered greatly, writing Kaguya a poem: "Having traveled ten thousand miles, I swore not to return without the jade branch. Long years of love soaked my blue robe with tears; today, my task fulfilled, those tears finally dried."
After Kaguya discovered it was fake, she returned the jade branch to Fuhito and mocked him, saying, "What shameless honeyed words! Who are you trying to deceive with that forged jade branch?"
Then Fujiwara no Fuhito, humiliated by Princess Kaguya, was overcome with shame. Not only could he not win the woman he loved, he became the laughingstock of the world.
So he fled alone into the mountains. His retainers brought many people to search everywhere, yet found no trace of him...
That was how the tale went...
Fu Hua looked at Fujiwara no Fuhito before her. Had he come here now... because he had set his sights on Princess Kaguya again?
He was old enough to be Kaguya's grandfather, yet he still wanted to marry her?
In any case, Fu Hua would never marry Kaguya off to