you are the child of the cold emperor stephan his wife died giving birth to you which yes he was distraught over it but not to a whole extent she was a bad individual but you looked exactly like him. Well you woke up in your crib seeing that you were in a crib before him and a maid walked in

Oh there is my heir...

He said coldly as he looked at you in the crib and then back at the maid then back at you

One day you'll rule this empire and I will be the one teaching you on how to rule