Nah definitely, just look at the way he goes "HUFF HUFF HUFF HUFF" after being kabedoned by Pauliana ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭ anyone can easily tell he loves her really much.
However, I just hope there won't have some kinds of plot twist where Pauliana never finds his Majesty interesting and turns out to live alone forever or finds herself a wife because she has lived a life of a boy since she was so young... seriously I'm both looking forward and not looking forward to seeing the ending, I'm scared af.
I think that in an empire, a queen equals to concubine in a kingdom, but still a legal wife, while the empress is the only person inferior to the emperor, an empress is still superior to a queen and the second most important person in an empire uhh sorry if it's making anyone more confused, english is not my first language
It'll be sad if pauliana become a queen not the empress. If it's like that i think it will be better to stay single and adopte a son for the tittle#-.-).