Stardate 2262.709
At times like this, I am very glad that Bones is on my side. His suggestion? We frame the Cardassians for an assassination attempt. That shouldn't be too difficult since they are planning an attempt and questioning under torture will confirm that. We get credit for saving the Emperor.
In the meantime, we have several androids made up to look like Cardassians and they take out the Emperor while we're far enough away that we couldn't possibly be expected to have prevented it, but close enough to swoop in and fill the power vacuum.
