In fact, Empress Dowager Cixi has more than one luminous pearl. Even the famous emerald cabbage is not an orphan. It is said that the phoenix crown of Empress Dowager Cixi is inlaid with nine night pearls, each of which is priceless.
1964, Wu's family, who works in a chemical plant in Amber Forest, Shaanxi Province, is cleaning up an old greasy pillow that has been blackened in the warehouse. The pillowcase was removed and a red cloth bag was taken out of the pillow.
Curious, the family opened the red cloth bag and found that there were four round and big pearls inside, which could emit faint green light in the dark, just like the legendary night pearl.
Of course, the whole family is very happy to find such a baby in the sundries of the warehouse at home, but they are also quite flustered. They know that these four beads are treasures, but they don't know what kind of treasures they are. At that time, the farmers were really simple and handed in four orbs directly.
After expert appraisal, these four pearls turned out to be the pearls on the royal crested phoenix in the Qing Dynasty.
It is said that after the family handed in the orb, they gave a reward of 10 million yuan, and the result was also rejected. The reason why the family refused to give it was quite shameful: "The night pearl is not the treasure of their ancestors, but also belongs to others, and it is a stranger they don't know."
Then, why did the jewels on the phoenix crown of Empress Dowager Cixi appear in farmers' homes?
According to Li Yingfa's Literature and History, in the year of 1900, the Boxer Rebellion, Enemy at the Gates, Eight-Nation Alliance and Empress Dowager Cixi ordered not to resist and wanted to make peace with foreigners. Because Li, the great eunuch, was not around at that time, Empress Dowager Cixi took off the four night pearls on her phoenix crown and gave them to foreigners.
Empress Dowager Cixi told her to be careful, or she would be beheaded. As a result, the maid-in-waiting Wang Xing left the palace, got rid of the accompanying people, and fled all the way back to her hometown Xi 'an with the night pearl.
According to the description of the Wu family who found the treasure bead, more than 30 years ago, the elders at home took in a beggar who was living on the street. They felt sorry for him and took him home for resettlement. Later, the old beggar died and gave the Wu family an old pillow, but no one cared, and no one thought there was treasure in the pillow.
Of course, these stories are just anecdotes. The story of the so-called four night pearls found in farmers' homes in those years and the magical origin of the night pearls have no practical basis. Even these four night pearls are not real. However, Empress Dowager Cixi did have a luminous pearl, which was inlaid on the vamp by Song Meiling.
According to "Notes on Love Moon Xuan", the Ding Dong Mausoleum of Cixi is luxurious, surpassing all imperial mausoleums before the Qing Dynasty. The jewels buried in the coffin are extremely precious. There are three layers of gold bedding and a layer of pearls at the bottom of the coffin, which is one foot thick. The crested phoenix on Cixi's head is full of pearls, the biggest one is like an egg, and there are countless treasures.
When Ding Dong Mausoleum was stolen by Sun Dianying, all kinds of treasures were filled with more than 20 cars. According to Sun Dianying, Cixi had a luminous pearl in her mouth, which was divided into two pieces and became one. When separated, it is transparent and dull, and when closed, it has green cold light.
As for what the pearl of the night in the mouth of Empress Dowager Cixi is made of, there is no conclusion yet. It is said that fluorite and diamond are difficult to have an answer with the change of time. According to Jiang Buli, the luminous pearl of Empress Dowager Cixi weighs 422 minutes and 70 cents, or 133 grams, which is really priceless.
Because of the infection of foreign forces, the Qing court in the late Qing Dynasty had long been unable to make ends meet, but even in this case, Empress Dowager Cixi still only cared about pleasure, and did not blink when celebrating her birthday, gardening and building an extremely luxurious mausoleum beyond the regulations. The luminous pearl, originally used to protect the body, can't even keep the peace behind her.