Zhang Yuxing used voice-to-text technology to say,
"I'm sorry, Zhizhong, I can only do this, to punish you and Hongyang equally with fifty strikes each, so you will no longer quarrel and can each find balance."
"To me, both of you are like the flesh of my palms and the back of my hands. Sometimes, it's really difficult to measure things just right, not wanting either of you to get hurt, nor to keep hurting each other."
"My father's death has already caused me such pain, I hope you can understand. Regardless of whether his death is directly related to you or to his weakened health and drinking that night, some prejudices are hard to eliminate. I don't kill my kin, but my kin died because of me, you should know this story. Your excellence is not a sin, but others may not think the same."
