Cixi died and was buried in the Qing Dynasty Tombs, her funeral was very solemn, the funerary goods are countless, the night pearl she contained in her mouth is now worth eight hundred million, Cixi's life before her death was extremely luxurious, and after her death, she also took away a lot of valuable funerary products, which caused the covetousness of the Warlord Sun Dianying of the Republic of China, and after Cixi's mausoleum was looted by Sun Dianying, the whereabouts of the night pearl are unknown.
This night pearl is the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty tribute, usually can be divided into two halves, together can emit green light, at night can illuminate the entire house, Cixi very much like this night pearl, so before dying specially to let the night pearl accompany the burial, but she did not expect that after Sun Dianying blew up the mausoleum, not only ransacked other funerary products, this night pearl he did not let go.
Because Sun Dianying's theft of the imperial tomb caused an uproar and was condemned by public opinion, so in order to calm the incident, he took out some treasures to dot up and down, this night pearl was given to Song Meiling by him, and later this night pearl was divided in two and was embedded in the shoes by Madame Jiang, she often wore these shoes to attend some important occasions, and each time it would attract a burst of amazement.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance, Song Meiling went to the United States many times to seek foreign assistance, at a dance party the night pearl on her shoes attracted the attention of the American oil tycoon Rockefeller, he found Song Meiling hoping to buy it at a high price, and promised to provide weapons and equipment and oil to the mainland anti-Japanese resistance, Song Meiling agreed to Rockefeller's request after thinking about it again and again, and now this night pearl is still collected by the Rockefeller family at home.