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Cixi was widowed for 48 years, relying on two treasures to live in the deep palace, and did not forget to bring them into the coffin after death

As a woman, Cixi likes to collect some ornaments, but also likes to collect some rare treasures to play with, of which jadeite can best enter her eyes. Of the three most beloved treasures in her life, two were jadeite.

Cixi was widowed for 48 years, relying on two treasures to live in the deep palace, and did not forget to bring them into the coffin after death

It is said that Cixi loved these two jade treasures so much that she would play with them every day before she died, and even feared being stolen in her sleep. One of them he had to play with every night, and the other he ordered the eunuch palace maids to take turns watching over day and night. Cixi's favorite of these two is the Emerald Wand.

Cixi was widowed for 48 years, relying on two treasures to live in the deep palace, and did not forget to bring them into the coffin after death

Cixi still did not forget to bring this magic wand that did not leave his hand day and night into the mausoleum, but unfortunately now this treasure is missing, in addition to the magic wand, there are some treasures, Cixi once ordered the eunuch palace women to take turns to take care of it day and night, it is a pair of emerald watermelons, it is said that when Cixi took a look at this treasure, he directly ignored the debt of daqing and spent 5,000,000 taels of silver to buy it back.

Cixi was widowed for 48 years, relying on two treasures to live in the deep palace, and did not forget to bring them into the coffin after death

This emerald watermelon is crystal clear, and in order to prevent theft, Cixi has added a special lock in addition to having a special person in charge of guarding, and the key must be turned left five times after the hole is inserted to open. Whenever someone visited, Cixi would show off her jade watermelon. After Cixi returned to the west, she also put her favorite jade watermelon at her feet, but unfortunately, the last pair of jade watermelons was missing, and one was collected by the Americans for 600 million yuan.

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