Chapter 515 - 512: Bowing in Apology_1
Bai Qingping lowered his eyes, still sitting on the chair in his usual proper manner. However, his fists quietly clenched as he replied placidly, "I wasn’t involved when the bandits were being suppressed, so I don’t know the specifics."
"You don’t know, but that son of the Governor, Shen Yanzong, who’s always hanging around you, surely knows!" Bai Qiyun was quite dissatisfied with Bai Qingping’s evasive attitude. "You didn’t think to ask? That’s over four hundred thousand taels of silver!"
"If we find those silver notes, the Princess of Zhen will either use the silver for training troops and suppressing bandits, or she’ll use it for repairing the clan’s ancestral hall, acquiring clan land, and other matters as mentioned earlier. Now that Uncle has been excluded from the clan, I don’t understand why you’re inquiring about this silver?"
Bai Qingping was extremely disgusted by Bai Qiyun’s behavior but couldn’t show it. His words inevitably had a sharp edge to them.
Bai Qiyun was momentarily at a loss for words. "Is this how you talk to your uncle?"
Bai Qingping’s grandfather quickly gestured for Bai Qiyun to calm down and said to Bai Qingping, "The silver belonged to the clan, but it was taken by your uncle. He’s always felt guilty about this, so he asks about it. Is there anything wrong with that? Is it worth speaking to your uncle like this?"
"Just because you’ve done a few things for Bai Qingyan while following her around, you think you’re all that now!" Bai Qiyun sneered at Bai Qingping.
Bai Qingping didn’t get angry. He stood up and made a respectful bow to his grandfather. "Our cousin risked her life on the battlefield to earn the title of Princess of Zhen. She’s magnanimous and doesn’t hold grudges against the clan for how they once pressured the Bai family in Dadu. She allows me to work for her and protect our clan members. Grandfather, you should be grateful and have a sense of shame. You shouldn’t covet things that don’t belong to you."