《容斋随笔·卷十三·国朝会要》
撤消会要所的命令下达之后，主管官吏又说如果朝廷允许定下期限了结，不超过三两个月便呈献。
既有是命，局官以谓若朝廷许立限了毕，不过三两月可以投进。
After the order to abolish the Annals was issued, the officials in charge said that if the court allowed them a deadline to complete it, it would not take more than two or three months to submit it.