Wu Xuelan (; born 8 October 1984), better known by her pen name Liu Lianzi (), is a Chinese novelist. Her most well-known works are Empresses in the Palace and Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace. Biography Wu was born in Huzhou, Zhejiang in 1984. After graduating from Lianshi High School, she was accepted to Zhejiang Normal University. She started writing novels in 2006 and completed Empresses in the Palace in 2007, for which she won the Tencent Literature Prize of that same year. Her second novel, Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, was published in 2012. She joined the China Writers Association in 2013. Works Empresses in the Palace () Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace () Media adaptations Two of her works have been adapted for television series (and have even appeared as a cameo appearance): Empresses in the Palace Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace References 1984 births Living people Writers from Huzhou Chinese women novelists People's Republic of China novelists 21st-century Chinese women writers 21st-century Chinese writers Zhejiang Normal University alumni 21st-century pseudonymous writers Pseudonymous women writers