Can Baek Han just screw out of here? Feelings? Really? I hate master and servant relationship tropes the most.
A relationship between him and the Empress brings no benefits but a metric ton of problems; problems that extend past the value of his own head on a pike and could impact his entire clan.
I'd like to hope that he knows better than to act on anything, even should she approach him herself.
But we're here for the dramatic fallout when someone makes a stupid move anyway, so...