Did it get any better?

I started reading this years ago and initially liked it, but I was already fed up with it the moment the child was acknowledged as an imperial prince because everything had come back to the starting point. The FL was again trapped as an empress and in a loveless marriage, making all she tried useless.

I don't even remember what episode is that but it's when I stopped reading. So, does it improve at any moment? Does the emperor start caring for the FL a little bit? Or does she manage to escape again and live her life freely, like she wanted to?