Su Xinyi flipped through the account book under the light, the more she read, the more alarmed she became. There were some parts she couldn't quite grasp, so she summoned Mrs. She, and even with her extensive knowledge, they were both left somewhat speechless after a long consultation.
The Clothes Bureau cheated its superiors and deceived its subordinates without saying, and privately it was even colluding with external officials, especially those tasked with procuring for the imperial palace, were in cahoots with them. To plead for funds from the court, they privately added hundreds of entries; a single silver tale for an egg was the cheapest item here.
Your Majesty had ordered a minor refurbishment of the traveling palace two years ago. According to the records in the account book, it was supposed to cost only about a hundred thousand silver taels, but in the end, over two million were taken from the court.
