Li Jing also felt this matter should be addressed early, so the next morning, just as the morning light crept over the mountain, he climbed out of bed and headed to the storeroom.
He searched from wall-mounted cabinets to floor-standing ones, opening every locked chest, and finally had the steward fetch the inventory list to compare twice, making his head ache even more.
He spoke with a tone of distress, "Why has the expenditure been so high this past half year?"
