When Empress Dowager Cixi was in power, although the treasury of the Qing Dynasty was poor, Empress Dowager Cixi herself was not poor. After the death of Empress Dowager Cixi, Yulong not only found a room full of gold and silver treasures in her bedroom, but also found her burial book, which listed many rare funerary objects, among which the most precious luminous pearl was put into the coffin by Empress Dowager Cixi.
During the period of the Republic of China, General Sun Dianying and his soldiers went to the graves of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Qianlong to steal funerary objects with great fanfare. At that time, the night pearl was taken away by Sun Dianying. Afterwards, Sun Dianying's behavior aroused strong opposition from the nobles of the Qing Dynasty, and Chiang Kai-shek had to order Sun Dianying to be held accountable. When Sun Dianying learned of this, he immediately bribed Chiang Kai-shek and others with the treasures in the mausoleum to calm the matter down. At this time, the pearl was also given to Song Meiling.
According to legend, Song Meiling was very happy when he got the pearl, so he found a skillful craftsman to embed it in his shoes. On one occasion, when Song Meiling was attending a banquet, the power suddenly went out and the night pearl shone. Some lawless people suddenly rushed out and took the night pearl, and the night pearl disappeared from there.
However, some people think that Song Meiling, the pearl of the night, is willing to be embedded in shoes. In fact, this night pearl was sold by Song Meiling. At that time, Song Meiling's husband Chiang Kai-shek was short of money. In order to raise money, Song Meiling sold pearls to a wealthy Rockefeller family who liked to collect treasures. Since then, this pearl has been brought back to his country by Rockefeller, and no one has seen it since.