At the end of the Qing Dynasty, shortly after the death of Emperor Guangxu, Empress Dowager Cixi followed closely. Li Zhengde, the eunuch who served Empress Dowager Cixi for most of her life, agreed to let Li live in Nanyuan Nursing Home. While in Nanyuan, Li was attended by several eunuchs sent by the Queen Mother. There are not many problems in life, and life is still more comfortable than most people. It's just that Li left his imposing office and lived in the deserted South Garden. He was not used to it, and soon his body slowly weakened and he was on the verge of death.
Before he died, Li called his stepson, nephew and niece to his side and began to arrange his funeral. He warned his descendants that after his death, he should follow the procedure to tell the Jade Dragon Queen, and he should not spend all his money at once in the future. After leaving the palace, he adopted four stepsons of his brother. He gave each stepson 400,000 taels of silver and a bag of jewelry. His nephews each received 200,000 taels of silver, and his nieces each received170,000 taels of silver. All this money was obtained by Li when he was a eunuch.
But in fact, Li still got more than 300,000 pieces of jewelry, and several boxes of jewelry could not be brought out when he left the palace. Li warned his younger generation to stop thinking about money and just keep what they already have. Most of the money has been taken away by the queen mother or divided by other eunuchs. In addition to real money, Li also has many properties, which have been distributed to his descendants. There is some odd money. After Li lived in Nanyuan Park, there were often minions of palace eunuchs who came to steal it. It can be seen that Li has been a eunuch for so many years and got huge amounts of money.