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Originally Posted by mlangsdorf
They're diplomatic envoys of a foreign power; they may be able to get an audience with the king and then cut a deal. It's probably not as good a deal as they could get from the heir-presumptive if the heir was king, but it's something they could do.
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That sounds like a *very* shaky assumption to me. If they actually help him become king, what does he still need them for that he'd reward them?
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Remember, the king in this instance is equivalent to Henry IV: a usurper who cut his nephew out of the line of succession and then convinced the aristocrats to support his rule.
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If that worked, it should work again if you can convince the aristocrats to change their minds. You could mind control some of the key aristocrats. Or bribe them (though it would probably be cheaper to bribe the king for whatever it is you want). Or engineer a situation in which the king does something the aristocrats hate enough to desert him (maybe you can falsely convince the king his key supporters have betrayed him and are already plotting against him and get him to start a reign of terror)