It is said that Cixi liked this pearl very much when she got it. Because this night pearl can shine at night, even the room can be illuminated, so Cixi can't put it down. Before she died, Cixi specially asked that this night pearl be buried with herself. According to the superstition at that time, it was said that the night pearl could slowly decompose the bodies of the dead, so Cixi put it in her mouth after death. However, it is still unknown whether the night pearl has this miraculous effect.
1924, more than ten years after the demise of the Qing Dynasty, Puyi was driven out of the Forbidden City, and Cixi's mausoleum was left unguarded. 1928, Sun Dianying, a generation of thieves, took his troops to a place not far from the tomb of Qingming, and then found an opportunity to send his own troops to blow up the tomb of Qingming, successfully completing the robbery. Among the two tombs stolen, one is the Yuling of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty and the other is the Dingling of Empress Dowager Cixi.
After Dingling was opened, Sun Dianying was shocked by the wealth of gold and silver in Cixi's tomb. After he sent someone to plunder a lot of treasure, he found the pearl in Cixi's mouth. Sun Dianying naturally knew that pearls were valuable and took them away without thinking. Then she beheaded Cixi's body, sent someone to throw it into the gutter and left. Later, Sun Dianying gave this pearl to Song Meiling. Song Meiling liked it very much, and even let people meet on his shoes, and often wore it out. However, Song Meiling later gave it to an American tycoon named Rockefeller for his own benefit. So, how valuable is this night pearl? Can make so many people drool.
According to records, this luminous pearl was bought by a country's leader from other places during the Qianlong period, and then given to the Emperor Qianlong. /kloc-0.8 million taels of silver, roughly estimated, is now worth 800 million RMB. This shows how precious this night pearl is. Unexpectedly, however, such a precious night pearl has now fallen into the hands of foreigners.