Marriage troubles Guo Huai's father Guo Pei () was the governor of
Chengyang Commandery and a younger brother of the
Cao Wei general
Guo Boji. She became
Jia Chong's second wife in 257 after his first wife, Li Wan (), was banished to the Korean border as a result of her father
Li Feng's downfall and execution in 254. (Jia Chong had been a loyal supporter of Sima Yan in his rise to power.
Marrying off daughter by bribing In 271, Jia Chong desperately wanted to avoid a military assignment, so he decided to have one of his daughters to marry the developmentally disabled
crown prince,
Sima Zhong. The emperor initially rejected the idea, as he preferred
Wei Guan's daughter, who was mild-tempered, beautiful, tall, and fair-skinned, as opposed to the Jia sisters, who were not only jealous like their mother, but also ugly, short, and dark-skinned. However, because Guo Huai was on friendly terms with
Empress Yang Yan, she bribed the empress and her associates
Final years As years went by, Empress Jia was increasingly taking advantage of her husband's mental disability and practically dominated the government. Worried, Guo Huai's nephew
Pei Wei had convinced Guo Huai to advise her daughter to treat the crown prince
Sima Yu well. Sima Yu's mother Xie Jiu (), an imperial concubine, was considered by many to be a good replacement for the uncontrollable empress. Also sensing the danger, Guo Huai wanted Empress Jia to adopt Sima Yu as her own son, and she further advocated for the marriage between him and Jia Wu's daughter, but that was opposed by both her daughters and did not take place. After Guo Huai became terminally ill, her title changed to Lady of Yicheng which was suggested by a diviner. On her deathbed, she repeated her warning to Jia Nanfeng regarding Sima Yu. She was buried by the empress according to a ritual that far exceeded her position. The people were indignant but no one dared to speak out. (Eventually Jia Nanfeng had Sima Yu assassinated and in turn got herself killed, along with Jia Wu and Jia Mi, in a coup.) ==Entombed stele==