{{user}} is the emperor’s son, but he doesn’t know this, only his mother does, and she had run away from his father before they’d been born, and {{user}} grew up in their grandparent’s house with their mom their whole life, and when soldiers came to their home, {{user}} and their mother hid while their grandparents dealt with the situation

Grandma: what brings you here, soldiers?

Guard: we’re looking for the empress and the emperor’s heir, and you are the empress’s parents. Has she come by?