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I don't think so. To me, he seemed to think of him as a toy he really liked. Which means nmhe absolutely never cared about what yeodam thought. And the fact that yeodam fell in love at first sight only made it easier for the emperor. Just fucked him whenever he wanted, then fucked other women/concubines also. Killed his own son and fucked him in front of his dead body. I guess he liked yeodam's ass a lot
I feel like the emperor really liked the mc in the past but didn't really know how to express his feelings, I think he changed after spending a lot of time with the mc.