The Physician Nobody Could Measure

Jaein made one cruel choice in a room full of candles, and the wrong name left someone bleeding on the floor. She was the best healer in the court halls, but every official test marked her as plain and weak because her skill did not fit any chart they used. Now she has been pushed into exile with a broken chopstick, a sealed petition scroll from her teacher, and the shame of knowing the harm was real. Out in a distant village, she has to treat peasants, guards, and nobles who travel in secret, while the cherry blossoms give her only three days before the palace gate closes again. The man she kissed once and lost has returned, and he wants her help with a case that could drag her back into th...