The powerful princess arrives with a space warehouse

Tonight, all the royal family members who attended the family dinner stayed in the palace. On this New Year's Eve, there is also a custom of staying up all night in the palace. The custom here is that the young people stay up all night together, while the elders can go back to rest.

The emperor and the empress went to the Yangxin Palace where the emperor rested, and the other concubines returned to their respective palaces. The two concubines were also sent back to their bedrooms by the emperor.

Prince Changping and Prince Xin returned to their resting palace in the imperial palace with their respective princesses.

Young people in the royal family had to stay up in the Taiji Hall, which was specially used for staying up until the hour of Yin, or three in the morning, to welcome the arrival of the new year.

There are many rooms in the Taiji Hall for people who need to rest in the second half of the night.

Because according to custom, at the hour of Mao the next morning, all members of the royal family, except underage children, had to go to the ancestral hall to participate in the New Year's ancestor worship ceremony.

When Ouyang Yunyao, Chu Chenjing and their group arrived at the Taiji Hall, the hall was brightly lit and candles were lit on the candlesticks all around.

The charcoal fire in the main hall had already been burning brightly, and the room was warm and not cold at all. A wide variety of fruits and cakes were already placed on the table.

Members of the royal family who would stay up all night to watch the New Year could bring their maids, servants, guards and palace maids to the Taiji Hall.

Xiao Cui, Xia Fei, Chu Feng, Wei Lei and others followed Ouyang Yunyao and Chu Chenjing closely and arrived at the Tai Chi Hall, making the Tai Chi Hall even more lively.

As soon as they sat down, palace maids brought them steaming hot tea to drive away the cold.

It was late at night and the noise outside gradually faded away, but the hall was still very lively.

Chu Chenjing was worried that Ouyang Yunyao would be sleepy tomorrow if she didn't sleep, because she had to participate in the ancestor worship tomorrow morning. Moreover, she had been very busy running around with him to carry out disaster relief during this period of time and had not had time to rest at all.

So he said softly to Ouyang Yunyao: "Yaoyao, this is your first time to stay up all night. If you feel sleepy, just take a nap."

"A Jing, it's okay, I'm in good spirits." Ouyang Yunyao smiled slightly, and then whispered in his ear: "We also have the custom of staying up all night during the New Year, but we only need to stay up until midnight."

Ouyang Yunyao thought to herself that she often traveled at night in the past, so this was nothing to her. Besides, they also often traveled at night here.

"Yaoyao, you guys are also going to stay up all night? Then can you tell me about the New Year celebrations in your place?"

The two were talking in a whisper when Princess Rong Hui suddenly ran over and said, "Master..." She just opened her mouth and realized that she had called the wrong name. She quickly covered her mouth with her hand, then looked at Ouyang Yunyao and said, "Sister Princess, Brother Yan said that you have something interesting."

"Fourth Prince, you are a traitor." Ouyang Yunyao smiled and teased the Fourth Prince Chu Chenyan who was not far away.

Chu Chenyan hurried over and scratched his head, "Oh! Third Sister-in-law, I didn't even think of bringing the deck of mahjong and playing cards you gave me!" He knew that Ouyang Yunyao had a space with many fun things in it.

Ouyang Yunyao looked at everyone sitting together, just chatting boredly, without any entertainment activities.

She thought about it and decided to take out the cards for them to play. At this time, she had to take out the cards so as not to arouse suspicion of her sleeves.

So, she deliberately took out four decks of cards from her sleeves, that is, from the space, and handed them to Princess Rong Hui, saying with a smile: "Princess, these are fun playing cards! Take them quickly, and let the fourth and fifth brothers teach you how to play Landlord or run fast."

"Fight the Landlord? Princess sister, what does Landlord mean? Does Landlord need to fight?" Princess Ronghui asked curiously with her eyes wide open.

When Ouyang Yunyao was asked this, she burst out laughing, and then she thought, we really can't play Landlord here, because aren't everyone sitting here a landlord?

So she smiled and said, "Oh, it's not called Doudizhu, it's called Doubadren."

"Oh, fighting bad guys! This is fun!" Princess Rong Hui happily ran away with the cards.

When Xiao Cui and Xia Fei heard that their princess had changed her name, they covered their mouths and laughed.

Ouyang Yunyao tapped their heads, then took out three decks of cards and handed them to them, "Cui'er and Fei'er are free tonight, you can go play with Chu Feng, Wei Lei and the others."

"Princess, you are so kind." Xiao Cui and Xia Fei took the cards and said happily.

Xiao Cui even said mischievously, "Princess, we are also fighting the bad guys." Then they ran to the side.

The entire hall was filled with the noise of playing cards. They all gathered together to learn this card game that they had never seen before.

Laughter, noise, and shouting were heard one after another, turning the originally quiet New Year's Eve into a lively one.

The masters finally set up four card tables and played a little game, using silver as stakes.

The maids, palace maids and guards, under the guidance of Xia Fei, Xiao Cui and Chu Feng, also set up three card tables. They imitated Xiao Cui and Xia Fei's playing method and put notes on the faces of the losers.

The night was long, but they had no desire to sleep. Some were playing cards, while others were watching. Before they knew it, the palace bells rang and the sky was getting light.

This means that they should all wash and pack up, as they will soon head to the ancestral hall to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony.

The royal ancestor worship ceremony of the Western Chu Kingdom was extremely grand and large-scale, with every step full of ritual. From the display of ceremonial guards to the three kowtows and nine bows, every link demonstrated the majesty and solemnity of the royal family.

The purpose of the royal ancestor worship is not only to honor the ancestors and pray for their blessings, but also to pray for the descendants and for good weather, peace and prosperity for the people in Western Chu.

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven is an important part of the New Year, and the emperor, members of the royal family and ministers of the first rank must all participate.

After the ceremony, the emperor will go to the Qianhe Hall to receive the worship and New Year's greetings from the civil and military officials. This marks the official start of the New Year. After a few days, the officials can rest and enjoy a few days of rest.

For Ouyang Yunyao and the others, after the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heaven, it was time to pay New Year's greetings, which meant they had to change into another set of clothes.

When the members of the royal family entered the palace to attend the palace banquet, the maids prepared two sets of clothes for their masters. One set was formal dress, that is, palace dress, which was worn when attending sacrifices, and the other set was new clothes, which was worn after the sacrifice to pay New Year's greetings.

It is very convenient for Ouyang Yunyao to travel with clothes. She placed many sets of clothes for her and Chu Chenjing in the space, most of which are new, prepared for them to travel at any time.

After the sacrifice, Ouyang Yunyao changed into a crimson brocade dress with golden patterns on it, shining brightly against the red background like the Luo River.

She wore a jeweled brocade belt around her waist, and her skirt was layered like a blooming flower.

Her hair was adorned with a few silver hairpins, which added a touch of liveliness and made her look like a fairy walking out of a painting, pure and refined, yet elegant.