Lan Hua, who was watering plants in the courtyard, overheard their conversation and set down her watering can. She walked into the room and scolded Lan Cao: "You really should hold your tongue -- who are you to challenge Chen Alu?"
After admonishing Lan Cao, Lan Hua then said to Alu, "If nephew would like to give these writing utensils as gifts, then please do so; there's absolutely no problem with that, as they were originally prepared for your cousin by the first Madam. However, we also should have accepted the gifts prepared for us by the Foreign Affairs Room. If we didn't, those gossipers would still be the ones getting pleasure from it."
