Chapter 98.3: Fifth Level pt. 1
It turned out that Guo Huizhen was the concubine’s daughter of Marquis Luo. Her mother died when she was very young and she became a transparent person in the Marquis household.
When she was sixteen, her first sister Guo Huizhu was assigned to be the Crown Prince's concubine, and Marquis Luo also took advantage to tie himself to the Crown Prince’s boat. In order to help the Crown Prince win people's hearts, Marquis Luo promised Guo Huizhen to the Sixth Prince who was not favored by the emperor at the time to be his concubine, hoping that the Sixth Prince who had no hope of taking the throne would side with the Crown Prince.
As fate would have it, in just three years, several favorites for the throne fell through, leaving only the Sixth Prince, the black horse, to ascend the throne without any risks or dangers. During this period, Guo Huizhen was in a good relationship with the Sixth Prince and gave birth to a pair of boy and girl twins. The Sixth Prince believed that Guo Huizhen was his lucky star and directly appointed her Consort Zhen after he ascended the throne.
When the twins were one year old, the new emperor agreed for Guo Huizhen to return home to visit her relatives. It was supposed to be a grand return, but instead, it became the start of Guo Huizhen’s nightmare. She was caught unprepared by Guo Huizhu's scheme. The latter learned an evil trick from somewhere, tearing off her face and pasting it on her own, turning her into Guo Huizhen's appearance.
During the entire process, Madam Marquis stayed by her side and helped to do the finishing touches afterward.
That night, Guo Huizhu replaced Guo Huizhen and returned to the palace. During this time, no one noticed anything unusual. Perhaps even if someone felt something wrong, they dared not step on the tail of a consort.
After Guo Huizhu was gone, Madam Marquis came to the room where Guo Huizhen was locked up and said coldly, “Why are you so lucky while my Zhu'er has to live in fear in the marquis' house and be a widow for the rest of her life? Now, I want you to know that between you and her, you are the inferior one!”
At that moment, Guo Huizhen finally understood why the mother and daughter didn't kill her. It turned out that they wanted her to watch this happen with her own eyes and watch her lose everything. Guo Huizhen was in distress but she didn't despair yet. She believed that the emperor would discover the truth and come to Marquis Manor to rescue her. But she waited and waited, until her face was scabbed over and new flesh had grown, only to receive the news that the emperor had promoted ‘Consort Zhen’ as Noble Consort Zhen.
Guo Huizhen lost all hope. Even her pillow partner couldn’t recognize her? From then on, what awaited her was a lifetime of inhuman suffering, while her murderer was able to get away with the identity of ‘Guo Huizhen’, and even her children would recognize her enemy as their mother.