Initially, the Dalai Lama planned to send trumpeters to welcome her with a grand reception, and to meet her immediately on her arrival in Lhasa. However, owing to the obstruction and calumny of the anglophiles , the size of the reception was reduced, and the meeting was postponed. Liu Manqing had the presents and the introduction letter sent to the Dalai Lama, who in return gave her monthly living expenses.