@Closedbox then listen to other facts. Those in power aka nobles gave no fuck about getting up because they were on top already. Unless they were some minor families, but everything Christina says suggests that isn't the case, they had more powers than others. Who was going to screw them up personally in the army? The king? Like he would care. It's like you are saying that son of the CEO of the company needs to lie down and suck up to others to get promotion. HE DOESN'T NEED TO, he's the one others suck up to.
So, what I'm saying is that Christina was actually on top from the very beginning. That's what the nobles were for.